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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine D.C.-based foundation Attacks against Yatsenyuk intensify remembers millions as he consolidates opposition forces of victims of communism by Zenon Zawada KYIV – Arseniy Yatsenyuk led the party that he founded, the Front for Change, in merging with the Batkivshchyna party founded by imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at a ceremonial congress held on St. Michael’s Square in Kyiv on June 15. Among the merger’s goals is to con- solidate Ukraine’s pro-Western oppo- sition for the 2015 presidential elec- tion. Mr. Yatsenyuk is also aiming to strengthen Batkivshchyna to bolster his resources for his campaign, in which he will compete with not only President Viktor Yanukovych, but pos- sibly other opposition candidates. Yet, as Mr. Yatsenyuk strove to build up his arsenal, political attacks – from both within and outside the party – intensified against him in the weeks leading up to the congress, said Olexiy Oleksander Prokopenko/byut.com.ua Yaro Bihun Haran, a political science professor at Arseniy Yatsenyuk addresses the June 15 congress in Kyiv at which he Yaroslav Brisiuk (right), the deputy chief of mission the National University of Kyiv Mohyla merged his Front for Change party with Batkivshchyna and became its of the Embassy of Ukraine, places his country’s flo- Academy. The government is seeking political council chair. ral wreath at the Victims of Communism Memorial to undermine the merger and discred- in Washington along with Michael Sawkiw, repre- it its leaders, he said. leader is supported by Ms. Tymoshen­ Odarchenko and Tomenko from the senting the Ukrainian National Information Service. “Bankova Street’s line of attack is ko, who sees his potential victory in party for their opposition, but it didn’t Standing next to them with a floral bouquet from the targeted against Yatsenyuk and the 2015 presidential election as her muster enough votes. World Congress of Crimean Tatars and the Batkivshchyna,” he said, referring to most likely chance to be released from Among the main reasons for the old American Crimean Tatar diaspora is Ayla Bakkalli. the Presidential Administration. prison, observers said. In turn, Mr. guard to oppose Mr. Yatsenyuk is that “Bankova’s idea is to first finish off Yatsenyuk sees Batkivshchyna as his he’s formed an alliance with Mykola by Yaro Bihun Batkivshchyna, and then shift the best platform for competing for the Martynenko, a mega-millionaire busi- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly attack against UDAR [Ukrainian presidency. nessman who is trying to form a siz- Democratic Alliance for Reform].” Ms. Tymoshenko urged her sup- able group of loyal deputies in the next WASHINGTON – The sixth anniversary of the dedica- Batkivshchyna is the leading oppo- porters to approve his nomination as Kyiv City Council, as reported by the tion of the Victims of Communism Memorial here was sition party in Ukraine with 18.4 per- political council chair in a letter read Ukrayinska Pravda news site. marked on June 12 at the memorial site with a ceremo- cent support, followed by UDAR at by her daughter Eugenia at the June Mr. Martynenko hasn’t gained any ny that included remarks by government representa- 15.5 percent, according to an April poll 15 congress. The imprisoned prime official post in the party, but is now tives of three formerly Communist countries and mem- conducted by the Razumkov Center. minister said they’ve cooperated effec- among its most influential behind-the- bers of the U.S. Congress, the presentation of this year’s The party congress voted to keep Ms. tively for more than a year and that scenes members. (Incidentally, Mr. Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom to a long-time perse- Tymoshenko as Batkivshchyna’s figure- Mr. Yatsenyuk should no longer be Martynenko was among Ms. cuted Chinese democratic rights advocate, and the lay- head leader and nominated her as its considered a competitor. Tymoshenko’s critics when he was still ing of wreaths by the embassies and organizations rep- candidate in the 2015 presidential elec- “I trust Arseniy,” Ms. Tymoshenko aligned with former President Viktor resenting most ex-Soviet and ex-Communist countries. tions – a largely symbolic gesture given stated in the letter. “I see how hard it is Yushchenko during the Orange era.) Opening the commemoration, Lee Edwards, chair- that the Presidential Administration is for him. He’s under direct aim, from As leader of Batkivschyna’s Kyiv man of the Victims of Communism Memorial unlikely to allow her to compete. strangers and those familiar. But he branch, Mr. Odarchenko could lose Foundation, said that this is the only memorial honor- It also voted to create the position knows how to take a hit. He’s a fighter influence with Mr. Martynenko, who is ing the hundreds of millions of victims of communism of political council chair for Mr. and an intellectual, a contemporary now a party member. in the world. He noted that two years after the erec- Yatsenyuk, 39, who is the functioning and patriotic politician, at that. That’s Mr. Odarchenko’s opposition to Mr. tion of this monument in 2007, his foundation leader of Batkivshchyna and gained four in one. That’s not bad for Martynenko became apparent during launched a Global Museum on Communism on the four out of 18 seats on the party’s pre- Ukrainian politics, which is degenerat- the latest “tushky” scandal in early Internet, and now – thanks to a $1 million start-up sidium for his circle, which he brought ing, and being marginalized and crimi- June, when Batkivshchyna National donation from Hungary – it is pursuing its next with him from the Front for Change. nalized today.” Deputies Viacheslav Kutovyi and “dream”: the building of an International Museum on The members of that circle are Mr. In the weeks leading up to the con- Volodymyr Kupchak announced they Communism in Washington. Yatsenyuk’s college mates Andrii gress, a sizable group of Batkivshchy­ were joining the parliamentary major- “We cannot, we must not, we will not forget the vic- Ivanchuk, 40, and Andrii Pyshnyi, 38, na’s old guard opposed Mr. Yatsenyuk’s ity led by the Party of Regions. tims of communism or their sacrifice for us,” Dr. fellow Chernivtsi native and lawyer ascent to the party leadership. They (“Tushky” are, literally, canned car- Edwards aid. “Let us all here resolve that never again Pavlo Petrenko, 33, and Lilia reportedly included Yurii Odarchenko, casses, a term used to describe nation- will we allow so evil a tyranny as communism to ter- Hrynevych, 48, a Lviv native who is 53, chair of the party’s Kyiv city orga- al deputies who abandon their politi- rorize and subjugate the peoples and the nations of best known for leading the introduc- nization; and Mykola Tomenko, 48, the cal parties and become dead to their the world.” tion of standardized college admis- party’s deputy party. voters, canned inside the Parliament.) sions testing in Ukraine. On the eve of the congress, a pro- (Continued on page 16) Mr. Yatsenyuk’s role as the de facto posal was considered to evict Messrs. (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25

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Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus endorse Ukraine, Belarus sign documents agreement that would shut its way toward the common economic space and the KYIV – A number of bilateral documents future economic union, of which we are further integration, but obstacles remain were signed in the presence of Presidents speaking,” he said. Mr. Lukashenka Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine and figures among the most regulated commer- expressed hope that Ukraine would soon by Georgiy Voloshin President Alyaksandr Lukashenka of cial fields. According to Mr. Khristenko, both get defined more specifically with regard to Eurasia Daily Monitor Belarus, the press service of the Ukrainian producers and consumers would only bene- the Eurasian Economic Community. “We head of state reported on June 18. The par- The presidents of Russia, Belarus, fit from increased competition in a sector realize that there is such a huge, big coun- ties signed a protocol on the exchange of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine met in responsible for over $85 billion worth of try like Ukraine… This is a sovereign, inde- the instruments of ratification of the agree- Astana on May 29 to participate in a sched- annual sales. Finally, the Eurasian pendent state that has the right and will ment between Ukraine and Belarus on the uled meeting of the Supreme Economic Commission also deems necessary to tackle build its relations only in the interests of state border dated May 12, 1997; this docu- Council of the Eurasian Economic the excessive regulation of the services sec- the Ukrainian people, of course not inter- ment is necessary for giving effect to the Community (EurAsEC), established in 2001. tor, which is now protected from fair compe- fering with the neighbors... But we would border agreement. In addition, an agree- Since Moscow, Minsk and Astana have lately tition by 139 restrictive clauses (Belta.by, like Ukraine to be ours,” he added. In turn, ment was signed between the Ministry of been engaged in enhanced economic coop- May 31). President Yanukovych said that Ukraine Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine eration within the Customs Union and the Mr. Khristenko’s announcement came and the Customs Union member-countries and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Common Economic Area, their leaders’ dis- weeks after the publication of negative will always be close, adding that Ukraine Environmental Protection of Belarus on cussions were primarily centered upon the trade statistics relative to the sales of would like to have normal relations with cooperation in the protection and sustain- future development of regional integration Belarusian trucks in Russia. The share of these states. At the same time, he stressed able use of transboundary conservation in the post-Soviet space. heavy vehicles manufactured by the Minsk that Ukraine is taking the path of European areas. Also signed were: a cooperation Following the official session of talks car plant in Russia’s domestic market integration, adopting European standards agreement between Ukraine’s State under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan’s decreased from 14.3 percent in early 2012 and harmonizing legislation. (Ukrinform) Forestry Agency and the Forestry Ministry President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russia’s to 7.4 percent at the end of March 2013. of Belarus; an agreement between the State Yanukovych on Customs Union Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, in Even though Russia’s Kamaz succeeded in Consumer Inspectorate of Ukraine and the charge of integration issues on behalf of his slightly improving its market position KYIV – The signing of a memorandum Ministry of Trade of Belarus on the main government, confirmed the forthcoming despite the plummeting demand, market on deepening cooperation with the areas of cooperation in the field of consum- creation of the Eurasian Union. In Mr. analysts have also noted the growing popu- Customs Union meets Ukraine’s interests er rights protection; a protocol between the Shuvalov’s words, larity of imported and does not contradict the country’s Administration of the State Border Service this union would trucks. At a time European aspirations, Ukrainian President Ukraine aims to of Ukraine and the State Border Committee a u t o m a t i c a l l y when the Russian Viktor Yanukovych said at a meeting with of Belarus on exchange of information that inherit all the strengthen its economic market is still pro- his Belarusian counterpart Alyaksandr will enable coordination of efforts to coun- existing institu- t e c t e d f r o m Lukashenka in Kyiv on June 18. The signing ties with its post-Soviet ter illegal movement across the Ukrainian- t i o n s o f t h e Belarusian goods, of the memorandum had been motivated Belarusian state border of individuals, vehi- EurAsEC, includ- neighbors, but it still Russia’s recent by the purely economic interests of cles, cargos, etc. (Ukrinform) ing the parliamen- aspires to sign an Asso- membership in Ukraine, as well as its traditional relations tary assembly and the World Trade Lukashenka on Customs Union with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. He the specialized ciation Agreement with Organization has expressed confidence that efforts on the court (Newskaz. the European Union. already made it KYIV – Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan development of relations with the Customs ru, May 29). easier for foreign would very much like Ukraine to join the Union would contribute to progress in As Mr. Nazarbayev later told the journal- carmakers to sell their products in Russia Common Economic Space and the Eurasian trade and economic cooperation between ists, the final set of documents to be signed (Gazeta.ru, May 16). Union, according to President Alyaksandr Ukraine and the countries of the Customs by Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus before President Nazarbayev’s bilateral meeting Lukashenka of Belarus, Speaking on June Union. (Ukrinform) 18 after the Ukrainian-Belarusian talks in the three states could enter a new stage of with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Lushniak is acting surgeon general their trade and economic partnership Putin, also provided an opportunity to Kyiv and his meeting with President Viktor would be prepared by May 1, 2014. While announce progress in the strengthening of Yanukovych, he said: “This is our common WASHINGTON – U.S. Surgeon General the treaty establishing the Eurasian Union Kazakhstan-Russia strategic cooperation. position with Russia and Kazakhstan. We Regina Benjamin announced that she will will still need to be ratified by the national Both sides are currently working on the text would very much like to see Ukraine in the step down next month after four years in parliaments, the entry into force of this new of a comprehensive good-neighborly and Common Economic Space and the Eurasian the post. A longtime advocate for a health integration structure is expected no later alliance treaty for the 21st century that Union. Very much.” The Belarusian leader care model centered on wellness and pre- than January 1, 2015. would replace a 1998 declaration bearing a said that the talks between Ukraine and the ventable treatment, she announced her Furthermore, the acting chairman of the similar title, albeit deprived of binding pro- European Union are absolutely normal, as decision in an e-mail to staff, thanking them EurAsEC’s Eurasian Commission, Viktor visions. According to Mr. Nazarbayev, a dialogue on economic cooperation with for supporting her vision. U.S. Secretary of Khristenko, recently called on the Russian, Astana and Moscow are planning to sign Europe is also conducted by Russia and Health and Human Services Kathleen Kazakhstani and Belarusian business com- this new agreement by the end of 2013. Kazakhstan. “We just would like Ukraine munities to take part in the elaboration of Moreover, Kazakhstan’s Parliament on not to sign with other organizations an (Continued on page 14) the so-called “white book of exceptions” to May 30 ratified a protocol amending the the common trade rules. This collection of 1992 agreement on friendship, cooperation restrictive legal norms identified in each of and mutual aid between Russia and the three countries is due to be made public Kazakhstan. The protocol not only enhanc- he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 by September 1 (Newskaz.ru, May 31). es coordination on such issues as combat- T U W Currently, the Customs Union recognizes ing terrorism, extremism, arms smuggling An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., 333 national exceptions concentrated in and drug trafficking, but also reinforces a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Stalin’s shadow over post-reset meeting between Putin and Obama

by Pavel K. Baev against constructed threats because “an escape from the economic dead end by against minorities and pressure on the Eurasia Daily Monitor empire cannot afford to display weakness.” invigorating his political base — taking a opposition invite sharp criticism from the But in speaking about the U.S., Mr. Putin leaf out of Stalin’s book on mobilizing the European Parliament and turn Germany The Group of Eight (G-8) summits have was, in fact, spelling out his own worries “masses.” The pompous gathering last week into a firm opponent of Russian neo- traditionally been seen more for their vani- about Russia. What was really odd about of the so-called Popular Front elected him authoritarianism, even if the Obama admin- ty than substance, and the one that opens that meandering flow of reflections was the the leader by the simple means of shouting istration treads very carefully in this field June 17 in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, unexpected invocation of Soviet dictator out loud his name, which quite compensat- (Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, June will not be an exception. The members of Joseph Stalin, who, in Mr. Putin’s opinion, ed for the lack of a comprehensible plat- 14). this privileged club — the United States, would not have used nuclear weapons form for this “social movement” Western opinions may have limited reso- United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, against Germany in the spring of 1945, if he (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, June 14). nance in Russia, but the hypocrisy of these Japan, Italy and Russia — see no particular had them, in contrast to the U.S., which Aggressive rhetoric, which focused on newly born Russian upholders of virtue is need to overcome their differences in man- “dropped the bomb on Japan, a country that defending Russia’s sovereignty, should sig- so transparent that many Russians turn aging the world’s slow-burning crises, from was a non-nuclear state and was very close nify the differences between this proactive against the ruling elite rather than against the economic slowdown to Syria. to defeat.” This exercise in alternative histo- front and the decomposing United Russia the “cosmopolitan” liberal opposition Besides the photo-ops, the main content ry reveals Mr. Putin’s deep desire to emu- party (aptly labeled by opposition blogger (Grani.ru, June 14). of these tightly scripted get-togethers is late the brutal effectiveness of Stalin’s lead- and activist Alexei Navalny as the “party of Stalin was able to build a myth of his supposed to be generated in the back ership (Vedomosti, June 13). crooks and thieves”). United Russia has omniscience and infallibility, but Mr. Putin’s rooms, and the most private of those is this The key to the success of any present-day become a political liability for Mr. Putin, not attempts to elevate himself to the position time reserved for the meeting between U.S. leadership is economic performance, and least because it is Mr. Medvedev who for- of peerless potentate betray only his depar- President Barack Obama and Russian President Putin is increasingly irritated with mally holds the position of its chairman ture from reality — and make him into an President Vladimir Putin, which should Russia’s falling growth rates, while insisting (Novaya Gazeta, June 14). Instead of deep- eccentric figure in the G-8 club otherwise have happened a year ago, had Mr. Putin that the economy is “rather healthy.” He rep- ening the ranks of his followers, this front- composed of liberal democracies. He may not opted to skip the May 2012 G-8 summit rimands government ministers for not exe- building may in fact result in narrowing Mr. believe that Russia is so anti-modern and in Camp David. cuting his economic orders but cannot Putin’s support base as the apparatchiks of unsuitable for democratic institutions that The key figures in the Obama adminis- accept the proposition that it is exactly the United Russia feel abandoned. For many only Stalinist political “technologies” could tration have far outdone their Russian extra rigid state control that causes the Putinists-by-default, who see him as the work, but every vibrant sprout from counterparts in preparing an agenda for slowdown. Moreover, he is particularly best option for upholding stability, the hys- Russia’s deep cultural foundation disproves this tete-a-tete but succeeded only in down- irked with the incessant capital flight that terical adoration displayed by the new cult this self-serving belief. Russia is struggling playing the criticism of Mr. Putin’s persecu- has reduced the Moscow stock exchange to is rather revolting. to stay on track of modernization despite tion of political dissent, while no break- a yearly low (Kommersant, June 15). Mr. Putin’s lieutenants have recognized the “freeze” orders issued from the Kremlin, through in arms control is in the making In the budget address last week, Mr. the vulnerability stemming from public dis- and it is a challenge to Mr. Obama to con- (Kommersant-FM, June 14). Expectations Putin abandoned the demand to eliminate gust over shameless corruption, and so are nect with this struggle above Mr. Putin’s that Russia could show some flexibility on the deficit and admitted that the model of seeking to move the confrontation with the posturing and Stalin’s shadow. Syria are arrested by the long-postponed fast-expanding expenditures covered by “white opposition” to the field of traditional announcement in Washington on providing inflowing petro-revenues has stopped values — from the Kremlin-centric “patrio- The article above is reprinted from military aid to the rebels. And what little working (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Moskovskie tism” to religion and family — and the Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from understanding there was on issues looming Novosti, June 14). Nevertheless, he is ada- Popular Front is supposed to be instrumen- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, over the wider Middle East is shattered by mant that both the government’s social tal in polishing these values. Discrimination www.jamestown.org. Mr. Putin’s statement that he has “no doubt commitments and the rearmament pro- that Iran is compliant with the rules” in exe- gram be funded in full. The economists who cuting its nuclear program (Gazeta.ru, dare to disagree find it safer to develop Moscow echo, June 14; Forbes.ru, June 12). their arguments in Paris (see EDM, June 3). Mr. Putin’s interview on the Kremlin’s The concept of “modernization” initially plans for the G-8 summit contained nothing advanced by current Prime Minister Dmitry UCCA congratulates envoy to Kyiv but economic platitudes, but he was far less Medvedev during his disappointing presi- circumspect in the “informal” meeting with dency opened the way for overcoming on winning human rights award Russia Today journalists, elaborating on the Russia’s dependency on exports of raw Ukraine.” It added that, during his tenure as “fundamental cultural differences” that materials. But Mr. Putin can neither follow UCCA complicate relations between “spiritual” this avenue, which departs from the wish- ambassador, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Russia and the U.S., which “began to view fully improved investment climate, nor NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of has “positively influenced a number of itself as an empire” (RIA Novosti, June 14; invent an alternative (Vedomosti, June 14). State website announced on June 12 that reforms, including reforms made to the see Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 13). Finding satisfaction only in the fact that John Tefft, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, was criminal justice system.” The Russian president discussed the hid- European Union economies are also sinking presented the 2012 Diplomacy for Human The Ukrainian Congress Committee of den “catch” in the posture of protector into deeper troubles, Mr. Putin seeks to Rights Award. America (UCCA) sent a letter of congratula- The Diplomacy for Human Rights tions to Ambassador Tefft, in which it Award, one of several human rights awards underscored: “As Americans of Ukrainian sector. On May 28, around 200 protesters presented by the State Department, recog- descent, we have been extraordinarily Russia, Kazakhstan... interrupted gold production at the Kumtor nizes a U.S. chief of mission who has “dem- proud of your service in defending the prin- Gold Mine, blocking access to the site for onstrated an extraordinary commitment to ciples of democracy in our native home- (Continued from page 2) hours. While their number grew first to 700 defending human rights and advancing land, Ukraine. Your principled position, democratic principles in his or her host which you constantly advocate, has had a Ukrainian representatives would be and then to over 1,000 (reaching 1,500, country.” The State Department’s positive influence in transforming Ukraine’s allowed to participate in some meetings of according to some accounts), a group of announcement stated that the award was society and its understanding of fundamen- the Customs Union upon invitation from the local dwellers cut off the electric power sup- given to Ambassador Tefft for “his collabor- tal principles of civil liberties and demo- chairing side. ply to Kumtor, leading the head of ative, effective and sustained efforts to cratic institutions. The UCCA greatly appre- Although Ukraine thereby aims to Kyrgyzstan’s mining trade union to predict strengthen and promote democracy, ciates all of your tireless efforts to strength- strengthen its economic ties with its post- a 30-percent drop in production. Kyrgyz human rights, and the rule of law in en U.S.-Ukraine relations.” Soviet neighbors, it still aspires to sign an Republic President Almazbek Atambayev’s Association Agreement with the European decision to declare a state of emergency in Union (scheduled for November 2013). In Issyk-Kul province’s Jety-Oguz district has this context, Russia’s advisor, Sergei Glaziev, only reinforced the already strong fears of Quotable notes was prompt to clarify the situation by say- further economic decline in a country badly ing that Ukraine had to choose between its affected by the recent crisis. “…On a recent visit to Moscow, John Kerry let himself be photographed near European aspirations and Eurasian integra- Thus, Ukraine’s ambivalence, Stalin’s bust. Indeed, the State Department released the photo with the following tion. The Russian view is that by commit- Kyrgyzstan’s political troubles, as well as caption: ‘U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Chief of Protocol Yuriy ting itself to the Customs Union, Ukraine diminished growth forecasts in Russia, Filatov, with U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul behind, walk past Joseph has actually made up its mind in Moscow’s Kazakhstan and Belarus could all contribute Stalin’s tomb in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013.’ What’s more disturb- favor (Gazeta.ru, May 30). to the Eurasian Union progressively losing ing—that Russia still has a Stalin monument in Red Square or that the State As for Kyrgyzstan, its Deputy Prime its attractiveness in the context of growing Department doesn’t see the problem with photographing Kerry near it?...” Minister Joomart Otorbayev unambiguously nationalist and protectionist moods (RIA confirmed his country’s willingness to join Novosti, May 31; Vesti.kg, May 30). – Alexander Motyl writing on May 31 in his post “Monuments, Ambiguity, and the Customs Union by signing a similar Double Standards” on his blog “Ukraine’s Orange Blues,” located on the World Affairs memorandum providing Bishkek with The article above is reprinted from journal website. The comment was part of his broader discussion of monuments to his- unofficial observer prerogatives. Yet, Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from torical personages and events (to read the full text see http://www.worldaffairsjournal. Kyrgyzstan was recently hit by a new wave its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, org/blog/alexander-j-motyl/monuments-ambiguity-and-double-standards). of instability targeting its strategic mining www.jamestown.org. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25 AP story says Minnesota man was member of “Nazi-led” unit PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Associated Press (AP) on June lacking in proof or evidence. The AP story, in giving background information on Mr. 14 released a story reporting that a Minnesota man, “Until we have the opportunity to obtain documents via Karkoc, noted, among other things, that he has been described as “a top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and have had a chance involved in Ukrainian community affairs and is “a longtime accused of burning villages filled with women and chil- to interview witnesses and review sources, the Karkoc member of the Ukrainian National Association.” In response, dren,” had lied to U.S. authorities when entering the coun- family will have no further comment.” the UNA issued the statement that appears on this page. try after World War II. The story referred to Michael Karkoc, 94, a Ukrainian American who lives in Minneapolis. Citing records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the AP Ukrainian National Association statement said he was a member of the Ukrainian Self-Defense Legion and later of the Galicia Division. The AP cited documentation that the “Ukrainian compa- regarding AP report about Michael Karkoc ny” had “massacred civilians.” But it reported that “records The Ukrainian National Association has received The UNA was established in 1894 to help the first wave do not show that Karkoc had a direct hand in war crimes.” numerous inquiries from various news organizations, as of immigrants from Ukraine coming to the United States to The Karkoc family reacted to the AP story by releasing well as individuals, about the AP’s mention of the UNA in work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Throughout the the following statement on June 14. its story about Michael Karkoc. The UNA Executive decades, our mission has remained the same: to provide “This morning, the Associated Press intentionally and Committee on June 19 issued the following statement in quality financial products and services to our members; to maliciously defamed our father, Michael Karkoc. Their response to those inquiries. promote the principles of fraternalism; and to preserve the slander cannot hope to besmirch my father’s character, and Ukrainian American heritage and culture. serves only to damage and discredit AP’s credibility. Our The Ukrainian National Association (UNA) is sad- The UNA has no knowledge of Mr. Karkoc’s activities family will give the Associated Press the opportunity to dened and troubled by the allegations against Michael or personal life prior to his life in the United States. The retract and withdraw their sensationalistic and scandalous Karkoc. UNA’s local branches are independently elected and allegations. Ukraine lost more population during World War II operated, and Mr. Karkoc’s activity in the UNA was limit- “As to the facts of the case, to quote AP, ‘records do not than the total military deaths of the United States, ed to his local branch in Minneapolis. As far as the UNA show that Karkoc had a direct hand in war crimes’ end Canada, the British Commonwealth, France, Germany can determine, he has not been active in the organiza- quote. And that’s the God’s honest truth. My father was and Italy combined. In addition, more than 2 million tion in more than a decade and the local branch has NEVER a Nazi. As for the rest of AP’s story, it’s allegations, Ukrainians were deported as slave laborers to Germany. been inactive since 2006. hearsay, implication, association or conjecture and notably

same. He refused to surrender his deputy’s Attacks against... mandate during a reportedly heated June 17 meeting. (Continued from page 1) “There were proposals to throw me out of the faction, throw me out of Parliament, It was Mr. Odarchenko who informed to reach a decision immediately and the media that Messrs. Yatsenyuk and urgently,” Mr. Grytsenko wrote on his Martynenko were responsible for bringing Facebook page. “Finally, they voted that I the two “tushky” to the Batkivshchyna should leave the faction and surrender my party under their quota. The two tushky mandate on my own. Before the vote, I offered various reasons for abandoning clearly stated that I won’t leave the faction Batkivshchyna. and that I can submit my mandate, but only Mr. Kupchak said he was upset that Mr. together with Yatsenyuk. Why with Yatsenyuk wasn’t heeding Ms. Yatsenyuk? Because it’s him, with his ‘fron- Tymoshenko’s call to stop the “Rise Up, tovi tushky’ and his actions and inaction Ukraine!” nationwide protests, which she that discredits the opposition the most.” wrote were dividing Ukrainians instead of A new front of conflict among the opposi- uniting them to work towards integrating tion could be opening with former Internal into the European Union. Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko, who was Mr. Yatsenyuk continued leading the recently released from imprisonment. protests despite Ms. Tymoshenko’s urging, During the Batkivshchyna congress he told drawing suspicions that he was ignoring Oleksander Prokopenko/byut.com.ua the party leadership not to listen to its finan- the imprisoned opposition leader. Eugenia Tymoshenko reads a letter from her imprisoned mother, former Prime cial sponsors – a jab at Messrs. Yatsenyuk and Mr. Yatsenyuk also allegedly threatened Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, urging Batkivshchyna party members to vote in favor of Martynenko. He also declared that it’s Ms. Mr. Kupchak when he failed to vote with Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s nomination as political council chair. Tymoshenko that the Batkiv­shchyna party the faction on a recent bill in the Verkhovna supports, not anyone else. This was anoth- Rada. Yet the most startling claim by Mr. attack against Yatsenyuk now.” on Mr. Yatsenyuk, making his case right on er indirect jab at Mr. Yatsenyuk. Kupchak, who represents a district in the Getting deputies closely aligned with Mr. the eve of the congress. “If we declared Tymoshenko to be our Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, is that Mr. Yatsenyuk to abandon him is a technique He appeared on Friday, June 14, on the candidate for president, then that doesn’t Yatsenyuk is working secretly with the being employed by the Presidential “Shuster Live” political talk show – largely mean that someone else will compete in Presidential Administration. Administration to discredit him in the eyes manipulated by the Party of Regions – to her place,” Mr. Lutsenko said. “We nominat- The real reason was revealed to be root- of voters, observers said. It’s supposed to offer harsh criticism of Mr. Yatsenyuk, alleg- ed Tymoshenko – free her!” ed in the age-old factor of money, as several show that he and his party aren’t trustwor- ing that he’s not working to release Ms. After the congress, he told reporters that Batkivshchyna deputies said at a June 6 thy and just out for money, like all the other Tymoshenko from prison and that he’s an he thinks Batkivshchyna should not have press briefing that they were offered politicians. incapable party leader who listens only to accepted Mr. Martynenko into its ranks, between $3million and $5 million to aban- All of Mr. Kupchak’s stated reasons for his financial sponsors. labeling him as a “tushka generator.” don Batkivshchyna. leaving Batkivshchyna resemble sound Mr. Grytsenko’s remarks seemed childish Such conflicts between the various oppo- “I was proposed the following: I didn’t bites prepared by the Presidential at times, as he complained Mr. Yatsenyuk at sition leaders are precisely what Bankova need to write a statement about leaving the Administration to discredit Mr. Yatsenyuk, times doesn’t offer his mobile number, Street is aiming to ignite and fuel further, faction,” said National Deputy Volodymyr Mr. Haran said. “It’s obvious they made the instead recommending communication via observers said. Mr. Lutsenko’s release from Shkvaryliuk, who represents a district in decision to leave the faction first and then Skype. prison was aimed at fomenting further con- the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. justified it by claiming they were defending Afterwards, Mr. Yatsenyuk accused Mr. flict and it’s already working, they said. “I will be asked for one thing – to vote on Tymoshenko against Yatsenyuk,” he said. Grytsenko of repeating lines written for It’s that very tactic of fomenting infight- economic issues. I was personally offered “It’s a pseudo political technology that was him by the Presidential Administration in ing that brought down the Orange govern- $5 million because I was the chair of the scripted for them to justify their departure.” order to undermine him. On June 17 the ment and ruined the prospects of former oblast organization of the Front for Change Anatoliy Grytsenko, a member of the Batkivshchyna faction asked Mr. Grytsenko President Yushchenko and the Our Ukraine party, and therefore, in their view, close to Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction but to submit his mandate in resignation. bloc of parties. Yatsenyuk. Therefore, there’s a targeted not a party member, also decided to turn “This conflict is bad for the opposition,” “The government continues to see the Mr. Haran said. “Grytsenko didn’t choose main threat from Batkivshchyna, which is the right forum to voice his criticism and he why a single-minded attack is being waged should have done it in a more balanced way against it in the form of buying and pressur- Check out the websites of the UNA, as well. To say that the leaders of Batkiv­ ing its deputies in the Verkhovna Rada,” shchyna are interested in Tymoshenko said Ihor Zhdanov, the president of the its newspapers and Soyuzivka! remaining in prison is inappropriate. He’s Open Politics Analytical Center in Kyiv. practically helping Bankova by promoting l l “All these processes with ‘tushky’ are www.ukrainiannationalassociation.org their line.” also aimed at intensifying internal conflicts l www.svoboda-news.com l www.ukrweekly.com l In response, Mr. Grytsenko denied work- in the faction, as well as weakening its role l www.soyuzivka.com l ing with the Presidential Administration amidst the other forces – UDAR and and instead accused Mr. Yatsenyuk of the Svoboda,” he explained. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 5

The Ukrainian National Association Forum

Treasury notes, bills and bonds and you • What if I run out of money before I could do the same thing yourself.” die? When reading such advice, I think to Outliving retirement funds is a scary myself, “Silly me, of course, that’s exactly prospect for anyone, regardless of whether what my widowed mother should be doing. the funds are in an annuity, an IRA or some She has all this free time now that she has other form of retirement savings. However, been retired for 15 years. She should just there are numerous ways to receive annuity go online and Google TreasuryDirect.gov payments. One option is to receive all your on her little iPad, tap in her account num- ber and when she needs some cash, just money within a limited period, such as, for sell some of her T-bills. Gosh. Why didn’t I example, within 20 years, or the more think of that? Yesiree. That’s a really good broad “Life Only” option, which you cannot Fixed annuities: separating idea. Next time I call Mama, I’ll be sure to outlive. With the “Life Only” option, the tell her.” insurance provider structures payments so the wheat from the chaff Exasperation aside, advice that claims that you have the option of receiving pay- that widowed retirees can buy and sell ments until you die. Accounting for appro- The concept behind an annuity is sim- swings of the stock market look for securi- T-bills on their own when they need cash in priate life expectancy, including personal ple: you pay money in advance to receive ty, and changes in the way we are choosing their retirement and thereby save some family history of longevity, is important for money later in the form of a specific pay- to live in retirement all fuel the current money in fees is rooted either in ignorance proper retirement planning. ment. With fixed annuities, the only type interest in annuities. or in arrogance, or in both. Those who pro- • The insurance company that holds offered by the Ukrainian National With the increased attention comes vide such advice could not have had any your fixed annuity could go bankrupt. Association, the money paid in advance increased information – much of it good, experience with the real vulnerability felt grows through compound interest; taxes some of it bad. Sorting through the infor- by many elderly who feel relief knowing Not likely. More likely is bankruptcy by a on this earned interest are deferred, so mation can be tedious, so today we offer they will receive a secure income from a bank (after all, that is where the word your money grows more quickly. some perspective on fixed annuities to help secure company they trust, such as the bankruptcy comes from), the stock market The principle of paying upfront to sort the wheat from the chaff. UNA. could tumble and the real estate market receive set payments later on is the basis collapse. Of all the risks out there for your • Fixed annuities are expensive for much retirement planning. For exam- • Fixed annuities miss gains in the money, an insurance company going bank- ple, Social Security payments are a type of Compared to what? Compared to losing stock market. rupt is among the lowest. Insurance firms, government annuity. During the years you retirement savings in the stock market? Hmm… well … tell that to the folks who which include mutual companies and fra- work, you pay into the Social Security sys- Compared to keeping your money in CDs, entered retirement in 2008. ternal associations such as the UNA, are tem. When you retire, in return, the federal where you earn less interest and still pay Fixed annuities grow through tax- heavily monitored and regulated. Choosing government pays you a certain sum each taxes? Risk also is expensive, especially deferred compound interest. There may an insurance firm wisely is important, and year. Pension plans for most state and when you are older. With a fixed annuity, not be stupendous gains, but also no stu- although annuities are not insured by the municipal government employees are gov- the insurance company or fraternal, such pendous losses. Most importantly, with federal government, most states have ernment-managed annuities. Depending as the UNA, carries the burden of risk so fixed annuities, there is no loss of initial insurance funds that guarantee annuities on the number of years worked and salary, that you have peace of mind. capital. Furthermore, purchasing an annui- for up to $100,000. UNA annuities are guar- a certain amount is then paid annually dur- As for management fees, not all annui- ty early in life and benefitting from anteed by the UNA itself since, by law, the ing retirement. ties are equal. UNA annuities offer high decades of compound interest may not be UNA must set aside a reserve on all annuity Traditional corporate pension plans interest during the first year, low entrance rapid or awesome growth, but it is guaran- business. (known as defined benefit plans) function amounts, and no annual maintenance fees. teed growth. In the race between the tor- With more than a century of service as a like annuities, and people who own their Because they can be bought for terms of toise and the hare, annuities are the tor- fraternal benefit society, the UNA continues business or are self-employed have always three, five, seven and nine years, UNA toise. to live by its motto – The UNA and the purchased annuities individually to fund annuities are very flexible. As a fraternal Besides, the main purpose of fixed Community: Partners for Life. To find out their own retirement. that serves its members, the UNA offers annuities is not gain, but guarantees – a more about how UNA products can help For many reasons, annuities have lately terms that are much better than the terms guarantee that your money is secure, that you, contact the UNA Home Office at 1-800- been receiving increased attention. People offered by many other insurance compa- it will grow, even if slowly, that you will not 253-9862, the UNA sales staff directly at are living longer, most companies do not nies. pay taxes on your gains until you take out 1-888-538-2833 or find your local UNA offer traditional pension plans, Social branch secretary through the UNA website • Why pay for someone else to do it your money, and most importantly, that Security payments alone are not enough to when you can do it yourself? you will actually receive your money. All at www.ukrainiannationalassociation.org. live on and will probably decrease even retirement plans should include some Find the full series of “Insurance Matters” more in the future. Baby boomers nearing The argument goes something like this: investments that outpace inflation, but not articles on Facebook.com/Ukrainian retirement age look for ways to preserve “Insurance providers that offer fixed annui- at the expense of discarding the safety of National Association or on the UNA web- their money, people dissatisfied with the ties usually invest your money in U.S. an annuity. site under the “Latest News” link. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Our dos and don’ts The tale that should be told Dear Readers: The purpose of this editorial is to improve cooperation between our newspaper and you. We appreciate all the materials we receive from our sub- at Cave and Basin museum scribers, readers, advertisers and others. Keep on sending them! In the interest of taught about this in any school. efficiency, however, we have decided to offer some friendly advice. by Lubomyr Luciuk E-mail has made our communication easier and faster. We love that! But, it has But why did Banff’s residents forget? also spawned some new issues. Mary was born in Montreal. Along with Were they ashamed for never protesting as First of all, we ask that you use the appropriate e-mail address for your messages. the other members of the city’s Ukrainian innocent men were herded into Canadian News materials, both stories and photos, intended for publication in The Ukrainian community, the Manko family was rounded concentration camps, compelled to do Weekly should be e-mailed to the editorial staff address: [email protected]. up and transported to the Spirit Lake heavy labor for the profit of their jailers? Or Similar materials intended for our Ukrainian-language sister publication, Svoboda, internment camp in Quebec’s remote was it because the internees were not their should be sent to the appropriate address: [email protected]. Paid Abitibi region. Yet Mary rarely dwelt on her social or racial equals? A hint of such preju- advertisements (for either newspaper) should be directed to our Advertising family’s suffering. Instead she wondered dice extruded into the Crag and Canyon, Department at [email protected]. Subscription questions are handled by con- whether Japanese, Italian and German Banff’s newspaper, on November 18, 1916: tacting that department at [email protected]. Canadians would have been mistreated “...the majority of our citizens are of the In addition, there are two other e-mail addresses that readers should keep in during the second world war, or some opinion that the scenic outlook is not vastly mind (and these are listed in the appropriate sections of The Weekly): submissions Quebecois in 1970, if people had only improved by the presence of the slouching, for “Preview of Events” should go to [email protected], while information for remembered Canada’s first national intern- bovine-faced foreigners.” “Out & About” is directed to [email protected] (that is, to the editor who pre- ment operations. They didn’t. So wrongs Apprehension cowed entire communi- pares that material). For the purposes of these two listings, we ask that senders sim- done once were done again, then again. ties. Sir Hugh Macdonald, son of Canada’s ply type the information into the body of the e-mail (attachments are neither neces- Despite indifference, ignorance, even first prime minister, advised the justice sary nor desired). hostility, the Ukrainian Canadian Civil minister, in July 1919: “Fear is the only Please do use the subject line in your e-mail messages. That helps us right from Liberties Association (UCCLA) installed agency that can be successfully employed the start in properly, and efficiently, handling your messages. Please be more specific commemorative plaques and statues at to keep them within the law and I have no than, say, “story and photos”; consider using the topic of the story as your subject most of Canada’s 24 internment sites, while doubt that if the Dominion government (e.g., “Ukrainian Festival in Parma”). calling on Ottawa for acknowledgement persists in the course that it is now adopt- If you send us a message by e-mail, please expect that we will respond likewise. and redress. ing the foreign element here will soon be as Therefore, please do not block our responses or ask us to fill out request forms in We never asked for an apology or com- gentle and as easily controlled as a lot of order to become “approved senders” as we have seen happen on more than one pensation. Mary believed today’s Canadians sheep.” It worked. Nick Lypka, a Castle occasion. (We simply haven’t got the time to fill out such requests.) shouldn’t pay for past wrongs. To put it Mountain prisoner, admitted as much, but All correspondents are kindly asked to include their complete mailing addresses another way: what your grandfathers did to only decades later. He remained afraid “… and daytime phone numbers. That helps us in two ways: it allows us to reach you via ours is not something you should apologize because they could arrest me again.” phone and actually speak with you if need be, and it allows us to keep track of the for, nor we should gain from it. The UCCLA’s It was a former Manitoba MP, Dauphin’s sources of information sent to us. That’s particularly important for letters to the edi- campaign evolved as Mary wanted – it was Inky Mark, a Chinese Canadian from a fami- tor, as we include the letter-writers’ city and state/province/country along with about memory, not money. ly of Head Tax payers, whose Bill C 331 – their names. “Enemy aliens” were held in Banff from “Internment of Persons of Ukrainian Origin And, while we have your attention, we ask also that you label attachments appro- mid-July 1915 to mid-July 1917, at Castle Recognition Act,” led to the formation of priately. Not, for example, “press release,” but something more specific like Mountain, and Cave and Basin, where a the Canadian First World War Internment “Independence day in Montreal.” What’s more, we ask that you not label things as permanent exhibit opens on June 20. The Recognition Fund in 2008. Additional mon- “The Ukrainian Weekly” or “Ukrainian Weekly.” You wouldn’t believe how many unpleasant story of forced laborers exploit- ies were granted for a Cave and Basin attachments we receive that are called just that! That might work for you on your ed in western Canada’s national parks will internment museum, obliging Parks end, but not for us on the receiving end. As you can imagine, such generic labeling be hidden no more. Photographs of civil- bureaucrats to recall a story they worked makes it difficult to manage downloads. ians behind barbed wire should mute the harder to erase than to remember. That And then there is the issue of photos (sigh). mutterings of those who still deny these tale should be told at Cave and Basin by Please send us high-quality jpg files. Please do not send us digital photos that are men were kept under duress. more than just an exhibit. It won’t be. Parks low resolution and therefore not suitable for reproduction (most photos taken at Why did it take nearly 100 years for this Canada is about tourism, not truth. low resolution are suitable for the web only), and please don’t send photos as docs story to be told? The destruction of most There was a receiving station for “enemy or embedded in docs. Please do not ask us to visit sites online in order to download records from the Office of Internment aliens” in Winnipeg, yet Canada’s first photos that go with your stories. While we might enjoy looking at your online photo Operations didn’t help. And mainstream national internment operations will barely albums, we can’t spare the time to do so, nor can we be expected to know which historians were generally content noting be mentioned in the Canadian Museum for photos you would consider to be the most important to illustrate your story. Also that “Germans, Austrians and Turks” were Human Rights. Why not? That’s another keep in mind that we would prefer to get a couple of great photos rather than a rounded up during the Great War, never yarn, one yet to be told. It will be. dozen marginal ones. If your photograph looks fuzzy to you, then it IS fuzzy and we wondering who they really were, whether won’t be able to fix it. imprisonment was justified. Parks Canada’s Lubomyr Luciuk is a member of the Also, please remember to send captions for photos and the names of photogra- website still doesn’t admit most were Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties phers who should be credited. We spend an awful lot of time just reminding e-mail- Ukrainian. Until recently, nothing was Association (www.uccla.ca). ers about that… And, the photos and captions should be labeled so that we can easily figure out what goes with what. Do not assume that the order in which you sent your photos will match the order of your captions – once things are downloaded, the orig- LETTER TO THE EDITOR inal order is anyone’s guess. Thus, for example, photo No. 12 should match caption No. 12; or the name of the photo (e.g., “UNWLA group”) should be the label on the later at the National Tchaikovsky Music caption as well. Academy. The Ukrainian-language biog- Well, that about does it for this installment of our “dos and don’ts.” Thanks for lis- About a conductor’s raphy on his webpage states that he is tening. And thank you for your anticipated cooperation. We look forward to working “the only conductor in Ukrainian history with all of you. Ukrainian background who has succeeded in establishing a bril- Dear Editor: liant international career,” that he pro- Conspicuously absent from The motes classical music with Ukrainian Ukrainian Weekly’s otherwise informa- roots, and that he is proud to represent June Turning the pages back... tive article about Kirill Karabits (June the Ukrainian school of conducting. 16), who recently received the Royal Walter R. Iwaskiw Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Sixty-five years ago, on June 24, 1948, the United Ukrainian Arlington, Va. Conductor Award, is the fact that he is a American Relief Committee (UUARC) hosted a grand concert in Ukrainian conductor. His father was the EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ukrainian 24 Palmgarten, Germany, near Frankfurt in the American occupa- conductor and composer Ivan Karabyts. Weekly has written before about the tion zone of Germany. 1948 Born in Kyiv in 1976, Kirill Karabits young conductor from Ukraine – in 2011 Featured performers included opera singers Nina Slobodian studied at the Lysenko Music School, and and 2012. and Michaylo Olchowyj, the mixed Ukrainian choir under the direction of Prof. Nestor Horodowenko, a ballet school under the direction of Prima Ballerina Valentyna Pereyaslavets, and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus led by Hryhory Kytasty. GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Roman Smook, the UUARC’s European field director, who was reporting on the conditions in Germany of Ukrainian displaced persons (DPs), described the concert as “probably the fin- The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a variety of est presented there since the end of the war,” adding that many high-ranking U.S. military topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities. Opinions officers, GIs and American civilian dignitaries were all unanimous in their praise of the event. expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do not neces- sarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian The program booklet noted that the concert was presented “in order to display the cul- National Association. tural wealth, the creative abilities, the resourcefulness and the unbroken spirit of the Letters should be typed (double-spaced) and signed (anonymous letters are not published). Ukrainian displaced persons, in spite of six years of camp life.” Letters are accepted also via e-mail at [email protected]. The daytime phone number and complete mailing address of the letter-writer must be given for verification purposes. (Continued on page 17) Please note: The length of letters cannot exceed 500 words. Letters may be edited or abridged. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 7

Conference on media censorship concludes at Columbia This is the conclusion of a two-part series Center NGO, spoke about “Xenophobia, the immigrants that reside in Ukraine. Svoboda Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, spoke about the “’Braking’ News” conference on Phantom Menace and the Proactive Other: in its press releases reconfigured the word- about “Language in the Ukrainian Media: censorship in Ukraine that was held at How Ukrainian Media Tend to Present ing and replaced ‘new’ with ‘African,’ ‘Asian’ Regulations, Markets and Ideologies.” Columbia University on February 21-22. This Migrants and the LGBT community.” or ‘illegal,’” he said. “What is the proper language of section focuses on the second panel and Mr. Butkevych noted that his group could The media in Ukraine repeatedly fails to Ukraine?” Mr. Kulyk asked. Ukraine has roundtable discussions. not collect data on xenophobia and the question the accountability of such reports multiple languages that are spoken on its rights of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and and the corresponding numbers cited. The territory and is similar to post-colonial by Mattew Dubas Transgender (LGBT) community, because use of unreliable experts to confirm or deny countries. “Ukraine’s bilingual culture of NEW YORK – Nearly 50 people gathered no monitoring service was reliable or trust- details on political talk shows is a common Russian-Ukrainian ‘schizophrenia’ is a at Columbia University for the second day ed in Ukraine for its purposes. Certain issues practice, Mr. Butkevych added. Racist and product of globalization (in terms of trans- of a landmark conference “’Braking’ News: are almost never discussed or are not as neo-Nazi views expressed by some of these national flow of information, rather than a Censorship, Media and Ukraine,” held on important in the media, and these marginal- so-called “experts” shows the manipulation truly global flow). Russian is [seen as] a lan- February 21-22 in New York. ized people feel like second-class citizens in of the media. guage of globalization in Ukraine versus the Tanya Domi, a media expert with experi- their own country, Mr. Butkevych said. New migrants and other vulnerable language of a foreign empire. The media ence in the Balkans and other parts of the The exposure of social issues through groups are subjects of stories, but they are choice of language is an interplay between Soviet Union, introduced the second group journalism needs to change in Ukraine, he not humanized, or are viewed as inferior, consumers (readers/audience), advertiser of panelists for “Media Discourse, Ideology added, as the practice of jumping from one and that skews public opinion and pro- and producers. The other part of the equa- and Discrimination.” issue to another results in the lack of a com- motes perceptions of these stereotyped tion is the political representatives (the Niklaus Bernsand, a Ph.D. student at plete understanding of these issues. migrants as dark-skinned, of dubious legal state) and economy and ideology (society Lund University in Sweden, spoke about Systematic torture in Ukraine is revealed status and silent. versus social),” he explained. “Memory in Ukrainian News Media: A Case only when students raise awareness, or a “Regarding the LGBT community, Russian speakers prefer Russian more Study from Chernivtsi,” and went on to formal protest or demonstration is held, attempts to hold gay pride rallies in strongly than Ukrainian speakers prefer detail how the media in Chernivtsi has dealt and then concern dissipates. Most Ukraine are attacked, and the anti-discrimi- Ukrainian, Mr. Kulyk stated. Russian speak- with stories about the historical past of the Ukrainians can’t imagine being discriminat- nation laws are weak and unenforceable, ers predominate in the cities and urban city and the region. ed against. Many of these ethnic groups and but at least it’s a step,” Mr. Butkevych said. areas where the media is centered, and is Mr. Bernsand noted that Ukraine’s his- minorities have been stereotyped and some The LGBT community had been tran- more attractive to advertisers. torical memory was “dictated by the state of that is related to a residual Soviet men- sient, and now it has a face, an identity, and “Buying a newspaper in Ukraine, you during the Soviet times,” but in post-inde- tality, religious belief and traditions, or rallies for greater human rights in Ukraine. have many choices for language and the pendence Ukraine there has been no identi- based on ethnic nationalism, Mr. Butkevych “Open xenophobic and racist coverage is outreach focus varies from national versus ty shaped by the state or the authorities in explained. rare in Ukrainian media, and is a welcomed local. And for many it doesn’t matter, as power at the time.” The media in Ukraine feels the social sign of developments in Ukraine,” he they don’t buy newspapers,” Mr. Kulyk said. The multicultural nature of the city was responsibility to do something and the added. However, Ukrainian media use “Many of these questions on language are highlighted during the 600th anniversary of importance for Ukraine as a country of ori- Soviet language when describing homosex- based on age too,” Mr. Kulyk continued. “As for the city, he added, and provided compara- gin and transit for migrants has also been uals and is not interested in the LGBT com- everyday usage of Ukrainian versus Russian, tive coverage of different ethnic groups. described by the media. However, not many munity’s concerns. the preference is high for Russian. Younger Ukrainian street names in Chernivtsi and its are describing it within a global or Eastern Right-wing parties like Svoboda are on consumers are moving away from print monuments show an avoidance of conflicts European context. “Ukraine in a few years the rise across Europe, and Mr. Butkevych media, and Russian is seen as a supplement, in the city’s planning and management, said will be in dire need of immigration to com- said that this is the result of a combination not a replacement for Ukrainian. Although Mr. Bernsand. This could be a legacy of the pensate the demographic shifts that are of an increase in immigration issues and the youth know and speak Ukrainian, there “Bukovyna tolerance” associated with the currently going on in Ukraine,” Mr. the threat of isolationism. He cited, “The is little pressure for Ukrainian media pro- region, due to its large number of ethnic and Butkevych said. Stories about Ukrainians youth riots in France not long ago, where ducers to change from Russian.” religious groups, that celebrates diversity abroad and their experiences “lack the young Arab immigrants protested the poli- In broadcasting, Ukrainian is offered a rather than fears it, Mr. Bernsand explained. descriptiveness of the hardships, and the cies of the French government, but were minimum share of air-time. In 2006 it was “The region’s multi-ethnic past was not media fails to tell their stories.” portrayed as immigrants even if they were 75 percent for local Ukrainian stations, and ignored and was seen as an asset rather Mr. Butkevych noted that the right-wing born in France.” since President Viktor Yushchenko’s term, than an obstacle,” he added. Svoboda party, and its stance on immi- Mr. Butkevych said that those who stand it has varied between 50 percent and 70 Certain topics in the region were avoid- grants and other ethnic groups in Ukraine, with the LGBT community in its fight percent Ukrainian, Mr. Kulyk noted. ed by the media to limit tensions, while oth- has been profiled by media in Ukraine prior against discrimination are labeled as gays “The law on language usage shows the ers were explored by local media. “One to and after the parliamentary elections. and it will be difficult to incorporate the regionalism of ethnic minorities and how does not only point to the glorious past, but “Often times, immigrants are presented in a LGBT rights agenda within the broader the law on broadcast licensing is changing. to the difficult times, to learn from the past,” negative light, irregular versus regular (ille- defense of human rights of all people in Under President [Viktor] Yanukovych, the Mr. Bernsand said, “There are positive con- gal versus legal) and there is a lack of con- Ukraine. new language law has relaxed the predomi- tinuities in Ukraine as well, with as much sistency in reporting. The verification of “The framework and discourse are hos- nance of Ukrainian. There is no regulation focus by the media on the suffering of intimidation of ethnic groups and minori- tile and inappropriate for the victims of to uphold the Ukrainian language in the Ukrainians and other ethnic groups.” ties is rare among journalistic practices in abuses,” Mr. Butkevych concluded. media, but the Russian language is creeping Maksym Butkevych, co-coordinator of Ukraine. According to U.N. statistics, there Volodymyr Kulyk, research fellow at the No Borders Project of the Social Action are approximately 6 to 7 million ‘new’ Harvard University and at the National (Continued on page 8) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25

Dr. Motyl asked the panelists, “How do The panelists noted that there are get 1 percent of the vote in the last parlia- Conference... we get people interested without focusing improvements. There are fewer cases of mentary elections,” Mr. Bonner said. on only the bad?” journalistic abuses, but it is not enough, as More questions (Continued from page 7) Mr. Bonner said that Ukraine is in a gold- they have seen. Other challenges facing en age compared to its historical past. “At Ukraine include the criminalization of libel, “Ukraine is the best of the post-Soviet, in – but it’s not a flood,” Mr. Kulyk noted. first, the situation in Ukraine was rough which would have dealt the death blow to non-Baltic states, but worst of East Media practices regarding translations after independence, but the stereotypes of free speech, and there is a lack of critical European countries,” Mr. Bonner noted. were also highlighted by Mr. Kulyk, who ‘Ukraine fatigue’ portray a country that journalism. Public pressure matters from “The culture of Ukraine is not aimed toward noted that the translation of Harry Potter can’t make up its mind and is headed by a within, as well as from outside Ukraine. long-term goals, and it is reflected in the into Ukrainian was national news, and the former criminal as president.” There are lawsuits for moral damage – based journalism in Ukraine.” translation of the book into Russian was not. Dr. Motyl recounted his experience writ- on speculation by business associations. Ms. Gongadze said the role of public tele- But the Ukrainian media will not use ing about Ukraine, and the fatigue experi- Many officials in Cherkasy were exposed vision, public radio and affiliated Internet Ukrainian exclusively, Mr. Kulyk concluded, enced by editors. Ms. Gongadze said that as having disability pensions, with the sites would fill that void, noting that there is and the future shows signs of not ignoring former Ambassador Steven Pifer com- amounts listed, and the journalist was sued no such thing as public news service in the Ukrainian language or reducing its plained that even The Washington Post by the entire local authorities rather than by Ukraine, as it is known in the West, like usage, but perhaps some sort of compro- would not publish stories on Ukraine. “Who individuals for moral damages, Mr. Bonner NPR or PBS. mise that can be reached reflecting the gets more readers – Tymoshenko or noted. These kind of lawsuits will bankrupt Andriy Kulykov, host of the Svoboda Slova taste of the audience. Younger people, he Yanukovych? People know the characters media outlets, as there are no fair trials in program on ICTV in Ukraine, asked the pan- noted, are more inclined to read Ukrainian but not the country,” Ms. Tregub said. Ukraine. But Britain’s libel laws, which the elists to comment on how the media focuses better than those who are the product of Ms. Gongadze said that Ukraine’s story is Kyiv Post experienced in its lawsuit with on what is mainly happening in Kyiv, and the old Soviet identity. sad, but at least there are interesting devel- Dimitri Firtash, are no model for Ukraine. not the provinces, that the conditions are Roundtable discussion opments as Ukraine heads toward Europe Ms. Gongadze denounced last year’s TVI harsher there than in Kyiv. “It is a separate with Russia. “Will Putin leave power? incident, when the tax police forced it to universe,” said Ms. Tregub. “Local corrup- The conference regrouped in a roundta- Lukashenka? Ukraine is different – leaders pay outstanding fines. The public assisted tion is lacking in coverage, but TVI steps in ble format for the discussion about eventually leave office. Four presidents in in the collection of funds. “People in and makes the local news national news.” “Reporting on Ukraine,” moderated by Dr. over 20 years is better than some places, but Ukraine are looking for free information Ms. Butkevych asked, “Do you think Alexander Motyl, professor of political sci- Ukraine is not ready to rally around a single and are willing to pay for that honesty. This Ukrainian media informs its citizens on ence at Rutgers University, with Brian candidate due to disillusionment and disen- is the progress,” she noted. international news topics, and, if not, how Bonner, editor-in-chief at the Kyiv Post franchisement of the electorate,” she said. The nascent middle class in Ukraine is do you fix it?” newspaper, Myroslava Gongadze of Voice of “What about Klitschko?” asked Dr. Motyl. too small and underdeveloped to sustain Ms. Gongadze said, “Ukrainians are long- America, Olena Tregub of Global Education “It is too early to say,” Ms. Tregub noted. free media, Dr. Motyl noted, but this is a ing for that, but the reason why is the fail- Leadership, and Andrew Yurkowsky, a free- “But he is not mature as a political leader, possibility with the right support. ure of sales on such topics, and extra work, lance journalist. and can be manipulated by advisors, simi- The discussion also touched on Mr. and associated costs – not one Ukrainian Mr. Yurkowsky explained that the situa- lar to Mr. Yushchenko. He has a good story – Bonner’s firing from the Kyiv Post last year media has a correspondent in Washington, tion in Ukraine needs to be put into a global boxer-turned-politician, but he needs to over an interview with the minister of agri- except 1+1.” Ms. Tregub commented, context. Publications like The New York grow faster as a mature politician.” culture. In the aftermath of the agriculture “Ukrainians need a ‘Ukrainian angle’ for it Times focus on the crises in Ukraine versus Mr. Bonner said discussion of the oppo- minister’s backlash and Mr. Bonner’s firing to be digestible by the local audience, oth- the normalcy that is emerging. Thus, there sition and pro-government forces should from the paper, the staff rallied around him erwise these topics never get coverage.” is a lack of drawing commonalities between include both sides, but the opposition is to get his job back. The publisher’s funds Iryna Pavlova, a Ph.D. student at the Ukraine and other places, Mr. Yurkowsky clearly more interested in speaking with are not going to be around forever to University of Genoa, asked the panelists to said. the media. The pro-government Party of ensure the Kyiv Post’s existence; it will be provide views on the oligarchic model of “The marginalization of this part of the Regions, when it was in the opposition, had up to Ukrainians to decide the fate of inde- journalism in Ukraine and asked what world by media needs to shift toward rec- more time for journalists. pendent newspapers like the Kyiv Post, he needs to change. Mr. Bonner said, “Ukraine ognizing familiarities with Western culture. “When President Yanukovych was in underscored. is looking for a general-interest newspaper When following events in Ukraine, mostly Washington for the nuclear summit, he had The UNIAN news service has a similar in Ukraine, and the English language can political, you ask if there is something more. a pool of approved journalists, as secretar- story but a different outcome. “It shows the play a role in informing the West, but the And in Eastern Europe we see more than ies, he organized a press conference that influence of the owner and the control of oligarchic model cannot succeed. They just the political, but also the cultural,” Mr. only had these approved journalists,” Ms. the oligarchs.” Ms. Tregub said, “I stopped need to push harder. Pinchuk’s media fails Yurkowsky said. He also pointed to com- Tregub said. She said she was allowed to working there after my editors were fired, to cover all stories in-depth.” parisons with the Balkans. Mr. Yurkowsky ask questions only after the cameras were due to [Igor] Kolomoisky’s fear of political “Ever since Google and the Internet, then suggested that Ukraine be presented shut off. “We have a plan, it’s in my hotel agitation that may threaten his holdings journalism has been in trouble, and journal- in a “wider Europe” perspective versus room – but he would not elaborate,” she and assets. The funny thing is that two for- ists keep graduating from institutions of Eastern or Central European, to reach said of Mr. Yanukovych, as the room erupt- eigners were fighting over freedom of higher learning, until many realize the pay Western audiences. ed in laughter. speech for a newspaper in Ukraine.” scale. And some do it despite the pay scale,” Ms. Tregub gave three real-life examples Ms. Gongadze said she does not see a he added. Oligarch-based media in Ukraine related to Ukraine. “Many do not know shift at Inter with the shake-up of leader- Mr. Yurkowsky said Ukraine needs a free much about [Ukraine] as it has become ‘off Ms. Tregub said, “You are not going to get ship. Valeriy Khoroshkovsky did not get market and no oligarchic pressures that the map’ for viewers,” Ms. Tregub added. investigative reporting from the major four what he wanted, and lost to the family and shape the current financial competition When reporting on Ukraine for The New outlets. The Internet is a place for discus- Mykola Azarov, and “had to go,” according scene. York Times, there was no correspondent in sion, but ineffective for real change. Media is to the authorities. “Who needs a newspaper like [The Wall the capital; A local event in Russia super- a weapon of control used by the oligarchs.” “It is a toy in the hand of the owner,” Mr. Street Journal in Ukraine], if you can go ceded a national event in Ukraine, except “If you want independent journalism you Tregub said of the media. There is a core of bribe the Presidential Administration?” Ms maybe Tymoshenko events, Ms. Tregub are going to have to pay for it, otherwise you Ukrainian journalists who care about Tregub commented. said. “Foreign Policy magazine researched will not get it,” Mr. Bonner said, until adver- Ukraine, who do not like to compromise. Mr. Kulyk: “Do you think people still that Ukraine is one of the least interesting tisers change and readers are willing to pay They publish an interview that is slightly want to become journalists – illusion versus countries for its publication.” for information. “The market-based model censored, or on their personal blog, reality – in Ukraine? Defection of some Ms. Gongadze suggested why Ukraine is is in trouble, and I do not want to watch describe the experience and shed light on journalists who defect to political parties not interesting: “It’s not a geopolitical play- Ukraine’s version of CNN,” Mr. Bonner said. the process behind the scenes; five, 10 and how does that effect the craft.” er and, until Ukraine stands up and takes its “The Kyiv Post has changed since the 1990s years ago this was rare. Mr. Bonner was a defector who worked role in the geopolitical discussion, it will and foreign businesses and banks are not Some journalists in Ukraine use Soviet- in Washington to lobby anti-tobacco legisla- remain so.” Her experiences at Voice of there anymore,” he added. “Given the sala- era practices of writing between the lines, tion. Ms. Gongadze said, “I think this is my America editorial meetings were that no ries of many journalists, who sacrifice for or a mockery that borders on satire, Mr. purpose and I think I serve the society and one talks about Ukraine, while Russia is a their craft, it is unattractive in Ukraine to Bonner commented. the information I am producing. People high focus. “The Orange Revolution showed develop quality reporting. All newspapers “Who are the best journalists in becoming journalists rarely do this for Ukraine on almost daily news programs and the print media model are dying. What Ukraine?” asked Dr. Motyl. money, and do it because they can not live and media; afterward no one cared any- will replace it? We wait and see.” Ms. Tregub: “It is a difficult question as or breathe under oppression.” more,” she noted. “There has been progress in certain popularity is not based on respected work. Ms. Tregub, who noted that journalism Mr. Bonner said Ukraine’s story is one of areas. But what must Ukraine do to remain The major political players are known more in Ukraine is not a prestigious job, said she the greatest stories of all time, but he competitive?” asked Dr. Motyl. than journalists, especially in local villages is not a professional journalist by educa- agreed that it is exceedingly difficult to Ms. Gongadze said, “Ukraine is not devel- and towns. The journalist’s work is invisible.” tion, but people pursue it as a calling. “I maintain interest. “Our readership is in the oped enough to Western standards. If the Ms. Gongadze cited, “Serhii Leshchenko began as a political scientist, and through tens of thousands in Ukraine, rather than state cared about the population, it would be and Mustafa Nayem, as they are not as visi- journalism I have an impact on the prog- the millions of residents of even Kyiv,” he a different media environment. Social media ble, their work is sent out via e-mail and ress in Ukraine. There are not too many said of the Kyiv Post. is very effective, and the Internet is more social media. But it is important they are sell-outs, and there are people of integrity there.” Culture – wedge or unifying factor? accessible, and it is difficult to predict.” who would never sell out.” Ms. Tregub said, “Few read media online Mr. Bonner added Natalya Sedletska of Mr. Yurkowsky said that a similar situa- Mr. Yurkowsky said that information in Ukraine, but they mostly use it for enter- TVI, and Kateryna Kapluck of the National tion exists in the U.S., where prominent flow is free in Ukraine, but foreign coverage tainment, and the readership is growing as University at Kyiv Mohyla Academy, as journalists build a career and then jump about Ukraine is an uphill battle involving a the society matures.” notable journalists in Ukraine. ship and go work for the government. pitch to cynical editors who lack space, and Mr. Yurowsky noted that social media is Programs like “Shuster Live” and Yevgeny The conference concluded with a screen- there is a lack of print media due to filling the gap of the press in Ukraine, but it Kiselov became too soft and too pro-govern- ing of the film, “Ukraine: When the Internet journalism. “Business media is is not a replacement for professional jour- ment and their ratings fell. “Ukrainians have Countdown Began” (2011 by Serhiy covering Ukraine almost every day, but the nalism. People regurgitate mass media a very good BS detector, and look at Bukovsky), presented by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk readership is not generalized,” he added. reports and nothing new gets printed. Yushchenko and Our Ukraine, who did not of Columbia University. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 9

Masters of ceremonies: Yarko Dobriansky, Anya Tomko and Alexandra Zawadiwsky 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 11

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian Federal Credit Union awards student scholarships Shcherbenko, Andrey Olesh and Olga Olesh. In the future, the Ukrainian FCU through its UAC Foundation will recognize and encourage excellence in the study of Ukrainian language, literature, culture, her- itage, history and religious traditions with awards to students, researchers, and insti- tutes of higher learning in the U.S.A. and abroad. It will also consider cultural devel- opment scholarships, awards or grants to credit union members who attend under- graduate or graduate-level courses in a variety of disciplines at domestic liberal arts, professional, vocational and technical universities and institutes, in conjunction with international studies programs. Recipients of the 2013 Ukrainian Federal Credit Union scholarships.

by Tamara Denysenko amounts from $2,000 to $500 to qualified student-members from UFCU branches in ROCHESTER, N.Y. – In 2010 the Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, Children honor the Blessed Mother Ukrainian Federal Credit Union established N.Y., and Boston. the Ukrainian-American Community In celebration of Ukrainian FCU’s 60th Foundation Inc. Its mission: the care and anniversary, students were eligible for four support of cultural, social, religious and $2,000 Special Designation Scholarships, educational development of Ukrainian 10 $1,000 Outstanding Achievement American communities, UFCU common- Scholarships and seven $500 Merit Awards bond membership, and non-profit associa- based on overall academic, artistic or voca- tions operating for the good and welfare of tional achievement, involvement in school their communities. activities, participation in community, com- The credit union’s UAC Foundation pro- mon bond or cultural organizations, and vides educational development opportuni- two submitted essays. ties by funding student scholarships, edu- This year, in addition to an essay on the cational awards and grants with the goal of benefits of past, present and future UFCU encouraging academic excellence in a glob- products, services and community support, al perspective. students had to research and write an essay Currently serving on the UAC on the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor Foundation board of directors are Tamara of 1932-1933, during which over 7 million Denysenko, president; Wasyl Kornylo, vice- Ukrainians were starved to death. president; Barbara Gutierrez, treasurer; The 2013 high school scholarship and Evhen Lylak, secretary; and Yaroslav award recipients were: Rostislav Melnick, Fatyak, assistant secretary. This year, mem- Olga Savka, Solomiya Rachynska, Olha bers of the Scholarship committee – Vanzyak, Natalia Sytch, Ashley Shtoyko, Christine Hoshowsky, Nadia Tratch, Mr. Nataliya Vysochan, Andriy Lukomsky, Lylak, Bohdan Zakharchishin, Mr. Fatyak Patrick Lupynis and Natalie Dimovski. The HILLSIDE, N.J. – On Sunday, May 5, Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church and Ms. Denysenko – extensively reviewed 2013 college scholarship and award recipi- in Hillside, N.J., held a May crowning and procession in honor of the Blessed Mother. The 10 high school seniors’ and nine college ents were: Khrystyna Dilai, Roman Rev. Vasyl Vladyka blessed the children for honoring the Blessed Mother and for participat- students’ applications and awarded 19 Krywulych, Marta Fediuk, Olga Bilokin, ing in the parish’s Religious Education Program, which is designed for children age 3 to 18. scholarship and merit awards ranging in Marta Fedik, William M. Serediuk, Dmitriy – Joseph Shatynski

Cook County treasurer releases New Haven Ridna Shkola students new Ukrainian-language brochures participate in May crowning

CHICAGO – Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has unveiled rewritten and rede- signed brochures in the Ukrainian language about the real estate system. The brochures are available on the treasurer’s website at cookcountytreasurer.com. At a reception held in Ms. Pappas’ office to announce the new brochures (from left) are: Pavlo Bandriwsky, NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On Sunday, May 19, after the Ukrainian divine liturgy celebrated of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Illinois Branch; Cook County Board by the Rev. Iura Godenciuc, there was a special moleben to the Blessed Mother. President Toni Preckwinkle; Andriy Pravednyk, consul general of Ukraine; Treasurer Afterwards everyone went outside and Ridna Shkola (School of Ukrainian Studies) stu- Pappas; Nicholas Kotcherha; and Pat Michalski. In presenting the brochures to Mr. dent Malanka Iwaniw crowned a statue of the Blessed Mother with a beautiful flowery Pravednyk, Ms. Pappas explained that the brochures first were released in 2006, but crown. Seen above are: Halia Lodynsky (teacher and catechist) and Father Godenciuc, have been rewritten to update information about payments, refunds, exemptions and with (from left) parish children Matviyko Iwaniw, Andrue Aponte and Malanka Iwaniw, other property tax matters. Besides Ukrainian, the brochures are available in 22 other and altar boys Victor Kuc and Aedan Lodynsky. languages as well as English. – Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 13

NOTES ON PEOPLE garnered continued Navy, Marine Corps and OSD leadership support. With his pro- Retirement ceremony at Marine Corps museum active and consensus-building manage- by Wsevolod W. Isajiw ogy, Amphibious Warfare Technology ment skills, Gen. Gray said, he established Directorate, Marine Corps System lasting, meaningful partnerships not only QUANTICO, Va. – The beautiful National Command, and senior research scientist, with Navy and Marine Corps expedition- Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Battelle Memorial Institute. He was also a ary, irregular and asymmetric warfare Va., was the venue on April 29 of a ceremo- member of the physics faculty at the United communities but also with diverse federal ny and reception to honor George W. States Naval Academy Preparatory School. agencies across government, the private Solhan, who was retiring after 47 years of Mr. Solhan is a retired U.S. Marine Corps sector, academia and internationally. He hard work and dedicated service to the officer with combat experience in Vietnam, has not only advanced the breadth and United States of America. during which he was wounded; he was scope of science and technology initiatives As a member of the Federal Senior awarded the Purple Heart and other deco- in a most noteworthy manner, but most Executive Service, Mr. Solhan served at the rations. He acquired infantry and special importantly he has ensured that sailors Office of Naval Research as director of operations experience through the regi- and marines will survive and prevail on the Marine Corps Science and Technology and mental level during his 22-year military battlefields of the future. The general went as the deputy chief of Naval Research for career. on to say that the success the Department Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Born in Fuessen, Germany, to Ukrainian enjoys today is the result of Mr. Solhan’s Combating Terrorism Science and parents, Mr. Solhan immigrated in 1950 as vision at inception, his stalwart dedication, Technology. a young boy with his family to the United steady leadership, strategic perspective He was responsible for leading, manag- States, where the family settled in and, most importantly, his tenacious will. ing, directing and integrating an extensive Baltimore. Throughout his youth, he George Solhan Letters of congratulations and best program that consisted of basic research, served as an altar boy at Ss. Peter and Paul wishes were read from the current com- applied research and advanced technology Ukrainian Catholic Church. He earned a George Washington University and the mandant of the Marine Corps and from the development, as well as efforts in a wide B.S. in mechanical engineering at the Wharton School of the University of U.S. secretary of the Navy, both paying trib- range of technical disciplines and warfare University of Maryland and a M.S. in Pennsylvania. He is a recipient of a number ute to Mr. Solhan’s contributions. areas. This included command and control; national resource strategy at the Industrial of distinguished awards, among them the The ceremony was attended by 150 intelligence, surveillance and reconnais- College of the Armed Forces. He is a gradu- 2008 Presidential Rank Award. guests, colleagues and co-workers, as well sance; logistics; firepower; maneuver; force ate of the Senior Acquisition Course of the Rear Admiral Jay M. Cohen, chief of naval as the honoree’s wife, Wendy Cloutier protection and survivability; human per- Defense Acquisition University. He is also research, U.S. Navy (retired), presided over Solhan; their daughters, Marika B. Solhan formance, training and education; combat- Security Decision-Making Fellow of the the retirement ceremony, and the main of Boston, Christyna R. Solhan of ing terrorism; and maritime, urban and Maxwell School of Syracuse University and speech was delivered by the 29th comman- Washington, and Amanda Brzozowski of irregular warfare in support of the opera- a graduate of the Marine Corps Command dant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Alfred M. Tampa, Fla.; his sister Christina Isajiw and tional requirements of the Navy and and Staff College in Quantico. Gray Jr. (retired). her husband, Prof. Wsevolod Isajiw; and Marine Corps. In addition, Mr. Solhan is a graduate of In his speech General Gray paid tribute other members of their families. Prior to that he was director of technol- executive courses at the Elliot School of to George and praised him for developing a The joyful reception following the cere- program of scientific research that is most mony took place on the balcony of this important for the military forces. During impressive museum, where guests congrat- his tenure at the Office of Naval Research, ulated Mr. Solhan and extended their best Ansonia parish honors 90-year-old retiree Mr. Solhan conceptualized and implement- wishes while gazing at the compelling dis- ed a broad portfolio of programs that have plays beneath and around them.

Frank Stuban (center) with four of his former students of Ukrainian folk dance (from left): Kelli German Santiago, Myroslav Klapyk, Michael Klapyk and Sara German Aylward. ANSONIA, Conn. – Frank F. Stuban, long- lowed with a Ukrainian folk dance perfor- time parishioner of Ss. Peter and Paul mance. Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church in After-dinner remarks by Mr. Jaskilka and Ansonia, Conn., was honored at a retire- Msgr. Terlecky acknowledged Mr. Stuban’s ment celebration recognizing his more many contributions to the parish commu- than 50 years of service to the parish and nity. Further congratulations were the Knights of Columbus. expressed by the Holy Name Society execu- The dinner reception, held recently at tive board led by Peter Woyciesjes, presi- Grassy Hill Lodge in Derby, Conn., was dent, as well as Richard Koalchic, Michael sponsored and organized by the parish Wysowski Jr. and parish president Scott Holy Name Society and included Msgr. John Walker. Terlecky, pastor; the Rev. Stephen Yanovski, Grand Knight Richard Sobotka of the parochial vicar; Robert and Antoinette Knights of Columbus Council 35 Aurora of Jaskilka, parishioners; and family. The Seymour, Conn., spoke about Mr. Stuban’s crowd of over 75 people greeted the sur- devoted service and awarded him the pres- prised 90-year-old retiree. tigious Father McGivney pin. The Rev. The festivities began with an invocation Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of by Msgr. Terlecky followed by the tradi- Columbus in 1882. tional Ukrainian renditions of “Mnohaya The joyous event ended with special Lita.” Myroslav and Michael Klapyk, for- remarks of gratitude offered by the honor- mer dance students of Mr. Stuban, fol- ee’s daughter Susan Monks. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25

Ukrainians in cybercrime ring Inc., Citibank, E-Trade, Electronic Payments About 78 percent of the U.S. population, or NEWSBRIEFS Inc., Fundtech Holdings LLC, iPayment Inc., an estimated 245 million people, were NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. federal prosecutors JPMorgan Chase Bank, Nordstrom Bank, online last year. The most threatening situ- (Continued from page 2) have announced criminal charges against PayPal, TD Ameritrade, TIAA-CREF, USAA, ation in terms of computer attacks is in eight people, including several Ukrainians, Veracity Payment Solutions Inc. and the Russia, where 59 percent of Internet users Sebelius said Benjamin should be “proud of for allegedly running an international payroll arm of the U.S. Department of faced online assaults last year. Only about her many achievements.” It was announced cybercrime ring that tried to steal millions Defense. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by 48 percent of Russian citizens (68 million that Deputy Surgeon General Boris D. of dollars. Prosecutors on June 12 accused Reuters and AP, Ukrinform) people) were online last year. The list of the Lushniak will serve as interim surgeon gen- the ring of hacking into the computers of top 20 countries where Kaspersky found eral until a permanent pick is nominated. more than a dozen financial institutions as Presidential decree on 2022 Olympics the highest percentage of computers under Dr. Lushniak, a Ukrainian American who well as the U.S. military’s payroll service. KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych attack in 2012 includes Russia, Tajikistan, hails from Chicago, has been deputy sur- Prosecutors said the ring tried to steal at signed a decree on preparations for the Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, geon general since November 2010. Prior to least $15 million. Prosecutors said the holding of the Olympic and Paralympic Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Sudan, that that he served with the Food and Drug scheme was led by Oleksiy Sharapka, 33, Winter Games in Ukraine in 2022. The Turkmenistan, Oman, Uzbekistan, Administration and the Centers for Disease from Kyiv, who remains at large along with decree was posted on the presidential web- Malaysia, Moldova, Maldives, Ukraine, Italy, Control and Prevention. He completed his a second Ukrainian national. Those under site on June 5. The committee on submit- the United States and Spain. (Ukrinform) tour with the FDA as the assistant commis- ting a bid to host the games in Ukraine is arrest by the morning of June 12 were: Rybak on decentralization of power sioner, counterterrorism policy, and direc- Oleg Pidtergerya, 49, of Brooklyn; Robert headed by Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr tor of the Office of Counterterrorism and Dubuc, 40, of Malden, Mass.; Andrey Vilkul. Amendments to the state social pro- KYIV – Ukraine needs decentralization of Emerging Threats within the Office of the Yarmolitskiy, 41, of Atlanta; and Ilya gram for the development of sports and power, including in the financial system, Commissioner. He holds the rank of rear Ostapyuk, 31, of Brooklyn. Lamar Taylor, tourism infrastructure in Ukraine in 2011- Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service and 37, of Salem, Mass., and Richard 2022 should be introduced within two Rybak told reporters in Symferopol after a thus is the highest-ranking active-duty Gunderson, 46, of Brooklyn, were being months. According to these amendments, meeting with Crimean lawmakers. “Today it Ukrainian American officer in the U.S. uni- sought. Prosecutors allege the conspiracy infrastructure, sports and tourist facilities is very important to hold decentralization of formed services. He is board certified in began after Mr. Sharapka was deported are to be built in accordance with interna- power at all levels in Ukraine, including tional standards, and free access to such dermatology and preventive medicine and from the United States in 2012 after he was decentralization of the financial system, facilities should be ensured for persons holds both M.D. and Masters of Public jailed in Massachusetts. The defendants which would allow local authorities to with disabilities. The National Olympic Health degrees. He is a member of Plast have been charged with wire fraud, money address the targets set by territorial com- Committee of Ukraine and the National munities,” Mr. Rybak said, according to June Ukrainian Scouting Organization and its laundering, and identity theft. The govern- Sports Committee for the Disabled are to Orden Khrestonostsiv fraternity. (CNN, U.S. ment said financial institutions whose 14 news reports. Thus, according to the spread information about the positive Rada chairman, “we need to increase subsi- Department of Health and Human Services, computer networks were hacked included image of Ukraine abroad and its tourism dies of local governments by at least 60 per- The Ukrainian Weekly) Aon Hewitt, Automated Data Processing potential. The State Committee on cent for them to have funds to meet their Television and Radio Broadcasting is to promises to regional communities.” He also ensure media coverage of the events to said that “administrative reform is a com- receive the right to host 2022 Olympics in plex process that requires deputies to over- Ukraine. (Ukrinform) come a number of stereotypes.” (Ukrinform) Court orders withdrawal of mandates TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 27 M hrv for storm-stricken Odesa or e-mail [email protected] KYIV – The District Administrative Court KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers will of Kyiv on June 11 ordered Verkhovna Rada allocate 27 million hrv to eliminate the con- Chairman Volodymyr Rybak to withdraw SERVICES PROFESSIONALS sequences of a storm that swept over mandates from National Deputies Odesa on May 31, which will help fully Oleksander Dombrovsky and Pavlo Baloha. compensate for the damage caused to the Removal of voting cards and badges is also city. Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Vilkul, envisaged. The news was announced by a speaking at a visiting meeting of the inter- former national deputy, Yuriy Karmazin. “It agency operational headquarters in Odesa, is the Verkhovna Rada chairman who is said, “The total damage caused to Odesa is obliged to take all measures to ensure that 27 million hrv, and the Cabinet of Ministers the Parliament works in accordance with will soon issue a resolution on the alloca- the law, and prevent Dombrovsky and tion of this money from the reserve fund of Baloha from implementing parliamentary Odesa.” According to the vice prime minis- authorities, because they do not have an ter, the Cabinet has directed the funds to appropriate status,” Mr. Karmazin said in his finance the restoration of electric transport lawsuit. On February 8, the Higher in the city. Mr. Vilkul said, “2.3 million hrv Administrative Court deprived Messrs. came yesterday, and this figure will rise to Baloha and Dombrovsky of their parliamen- 11 million hrv by the end of the week.” He tary authority, recognizing as invalid the praised cooperation between the State election results in single-member Districts Service on Emergency Situations, the 11 (Vinnytsia) and 71 (Zakarpattia region) armed forces and local authorities in elimi- where they were elected. The Higher nating the effects of the storm. (Ukrinform) Administrative Court decision was ren- dered on the suit filed by Mr. Karmazin, Jemilev names his possible successors Yevhen Uhol and Anatoliy Datsky with the Central Election Commission. (Ukrinform) KYIV – The chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Mustafa Jemilev, has HELP WANTED High number of computer attacks noted confirmed his intention to leave his post and named his possible successors. KYIV – Ukraine ranked 17th on the list According to June 1 news reports, he said We are seeking a babysitter of countries with the highest percentage of for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. computer attacks, according to a study con- this in an interview with the Dzerkalo Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably ducted by the Kaspersky Lab, one of the Tyzhnia newspaper. “These are Refat owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- top makers of security software, Chubarov, Remzi Ilyasov. I also named day and Thursday. No. of days to increase Bloomberg News reported on June 12. The Akhtem Chiygoz, although he is unlikely to in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. security company found that 47 percent of agree, knowing his character. [It would be its users in Ukraine faced online assaults. fine] if the business qualities of Refat About 34 percent of Ukraine’s population, Chubarov and Remzi Ilyasov were com- OPPORTUNITIES or an estimated 15.3 million people, were bined... Ilyasov is a very good organizer, online last year, according to Internet although he does not speak in public; he is World Stats. The list of the most dangerous not a diplomat. Refat has another weak- Earn extra income! countries for computer attacks is based on ness: he wants to do everything on his own, The Ukrainian Weekly is looking the figures for 2012. “China and the U.S. and when he has no time, he gets angry,” Mr. for advertising sales agents. may dominate the headlines when it comes Jemilev said. The Mejlis leader also said that For additional information contact to hacker attacks, but countries in the his resignation is not related to the tragedy Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, developing world are the most vulnerable in his family involving his youngest son. The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. to online assaults... When targeting con- “This situation will not break me. I had sumers, cyber criminals are likely to go planned to resign as head of the Mejlis. It’s where there are fewer defenses. well known that the new chairman will be Developing markets provide such an elected at the upcoming meeting of the WANT IMPACT? opportunity, with millions of new Internet Kurultai. Therefore, it cannot be said I’m users every year and fewer resources to leaving my post because of this drama – my Run your advertisement here, devote to security,” the agency reported. resignation was planned much earlier,” he in The Ukrainian Weekly’s However, the U.S. was also included in the said. Mr. Jemilev said the Kurultai is likely to CLASSIFIEDS section. list – it was in 19th place with 45 percent of elect a new head of the Mejlis in August. Internet users facing cyberattacks last year. (Continued on page 15) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 15

lion hrv in Ukraine this year. Ukrainian the watch list in the annual Trafficking in branches of labor exploitation have NEWSBRIEFS Income and Tax Minister Oleksandr Persons Report released by the U.S. State remained the same: construction, agricul- Klymenko reported this at a press confer- Department. “The government of Ukraine ture, manufacturing, domestic work, the (Continued from page 14) ence during a government meeting on June does not fully comply with the minimum lumber industry, nursing and forced beg- 5. “This year more than 3,000 people standards for the elimination of trafficking; ging. (Ukrinform) “The election of Kurultai delegates ends in declared income higher than 1 million hrv. however, it is making significant efforts to early June, but since the month of Ramadan This category grew by 1,000 people. There do so. Despite these steps, the government MFA on assessing Ukraine’s behavior starts after the summing up of the results, I are already a lot of millionaires in eastern did not demonstrate evidence of overall think the Kurultai session will be held in KYIV – Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign regions,” he said. Mr. Klymenko also noted increasing efforts to address human traf- August,” he said. Mr. Jemilev’s youngest son, Affairs (MFA) advised experts and the that four Ukrainians had declared revenues ficking – particularly in terms of devoting Hayser Jemilev, was recently arrested on media to refrain from mechanically count- of over 1 billion hrv. “If we’re talking about resources to investigating trafficking suspicion of killing a man. He is accused of ing the demands that Ukraine has met or billionaires, most of them live in the crimes and protecting trafficking victims; not met for signing the Association fatally shooting his 43-year-old friend Fevzi Donetsk region, Kyiv and the Ternopil Edemov in Bakhchysarai. (Ukrinform) therefore, Ukraine is placed on Tier 2 Agreement with the European Union. The region,” the minister noted. (Ukrinform) Watch List,” the report, which was released deputy director of MFA’s Information on June 19, says. Last year’s report placed Synagogue holds first wedding in 70 years 1 M in Ukraine suffer from cancer Policy Department, Vasyl Zvarych, com- Ukraine on Tier 2. Moving Ukraine to “Tier mented at a briefing in Kyiv June 19 on the LVIV – For the first time in 70 years the KYIV – One million Ukrainians suffer 2 Watch List” occurred due to the lack of appearance in some news media of reports synagogue in Uzhhorod (which now hous- from cancer, so the problem of its treat- evidence of greater efforts in combating with the estimates of Ukrainian experts on es the Zakarpattia Oblast Philharmonic) ment is particularly acute, according to human trafficking. Such findings are sup- what requirements Ukraine has met to sign conducted a Jewish wedding ceremony, National Deputy Tetiana Bakhteyeva, head ported by data on the reduction of the the Association Agreement with the EU in Mukachevo.net reported on June 6 with of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on number of law enforcement officers who Vilnius in November. “We would advise reference to the newspaper Yevropa-Tsentr. Health. Speaking at a press conference in deal with human trafficking crimes, com- individual experts and the media to get The ceremony was attended by Chief Rabbi Donetsk on June 12, she said, “One million parative statistics on the decreasing num- away from the mechanical fixing of meet- of Central, Northern and Western Ukraine Ukrainians have a third or fourth stage can- ber of criminal investigations and identi- ing or not meeting certain terms required Shlomo Wilhelm, as well as by Chief Rabbi cer,” adding that such negative statistics are fied victims, as well as other information for signing the Association Agreement,” he of Zakarpattia Menakhem Mendel noted also in the Donetsk region. Thus, collected by the State Department in its said. According to Mr. Zvarych, this is, Taykhman, guests from Israel, Russia, 16,000 cases of cancer are registered annu- preparation of the report. The report’s above all, a joint effort of Ukraine and the Moldova and other CIS countries. The ally, and about 10,000 people die. As noted authors noted that Ukraine is “a source, EU to implement the reform program in young couple were Uzhhorod native Gozd by the national deputy, one of the solutions transit and, increasingly, destination coun- the key areas, including implementation of David Shlomo and Siumbelli Hanna- to this complex problem is early diagnosis try for men, women and children subjected the agreements reached during the Shulamit of Jerusalem. Traditionally, the of the disease. Ms. Bakhteyeva also report- to forced labor and sex trafficking.” EU-Ukraine summit in February. “The con- Jewish wedding ceremony takes place ed that today about 500,000 people are Ukrainians most at risk of trafficking are tent of our cooperation with the EU at this under a special canopy, a chuppah, which bedridden. In addition, the level of alcohol from rural areas with limited access to stage is to maintain positive momentum in represents a common home for the newly consumption and smoking remains high. employment opportunities; they are often the implementation of systemic reforms formed family. Therefore, the word “chup- According to statistics, these bad habits sig- targeted by Ukrainian recruiters using that Ukraine already demonstrates today, pah” is synonymous for a wedding. nificantly reduce the life expectancy of fraud, coercion and debt bondage. The so that after signing the Association (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) Ukrainian citizens. (Ukrinform) 2013 report on human trafficking cites 16 Agreement Ukraine would be able to fur- foreign countries where Ukrainian victims Decrease in HIV infection rate reported 95% dissatisfied with medical care ther strengthen the reform process, using of human trafficking were transported: the new opportunities and mechanisms KYIV – This year, for the first time since KYIV – Ninety-five percent of people in Russia, Poland, Iraq, Spain, Turkey, Cyprus, provided by this agreement,” he stressed. 1999, a decline of 2 percent in the number Ukraine are “dissatisfied with the quality Portugal, the Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Mr. Zvarych also said that right now it is of new HIV infection cases has been regis- and timeliness of medical care,” the chair of United Arab Emirates, Montenegro, necessary not to count certain items, but to tered in Ukraine. This was reported by the the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, Seychelles and mobilize the efforts of all government bod- health ministry press service with reference Tetiana Bakhteyeva, said at a press confer- Tunisia. In Ukraine itself, according to the ies, non-governmental organizations, to a statement by Minister of Health Raisa ence in Donetsk on June 12. She noted that report, there are cases of forced labor experts and the media “to achieve tangible Bohatyriova at the international high-level primary medical assistance is an important using citizens of Moldova, Uzbekistan, progress in reforming Ukraine in the key meeting on HIV/AIDS, “Right to Health, element of health reform. Reform in this Pakistan, Cameroon and Azerbaijan. The areas.” (Ukrinform) Right to Life,” held in Brussels. “This year, area is quite successful, and examples sug- for the first time since 1999, Ukraine has gest that the quality of services provided by registered a decline in the number of new doctors has increased significantly. She HIV infection cases by 2 percent compared noted that, unfortunately, one of the draw- With deep sorrow and great hope with the previous year,” the statement backs is the low salary of doctors. She said in the Resurrection we announce reads, according to May 20 news reports. that salaries in Vinnytsia region grew by 30 that our dearly loved Ms. Bohatyriova noted that, due to the percent last year, whereas salaries in the mother, grandmother, and sister, scale-up and improvement of the quality of Donetsk region rose by 13.5 percent. She prevention and treatment, care and support said that providing housing to medical of patients in the years 2005-2012, Ukraine employees is also an important factor. Ms. has reduced by seven times the growth Bakhteyeva recalled that there is a consen- Olga Dubriwnyj pace of new HIV infections. “We still have to sus between the factions in the Verkhovna go a long way, but today we can point to the Rada regarding the importance of health Solovey tangible progress that Ukraine has man- sector reform and that 105 national depu- aged to achieve in the field of maternal and ties from all factions had joined an inter- passed away on May 7, 2013, at the age 81. child health, combating HIV/AIDS and faction group. (Ukrinform) tuberculosis,” the minister said. (Ukrinform) Olga was the beloved wife of the late Bernard; Parliament refuses to cancel BSF pact mother of Andrew (Donna), Kathryn (John) Biometric passports now being issued KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada has refused Babak, Gregory (Cheryl), and Bernard (Ann); grandmother of 9; and KYIV – The Ukrainian Foreign Affairs to adopt a law denouncing the agreement sister of the late Wally Dubriwny (Lee), Catherine Koneya (the late Ministry and Ukraine’s foreign diplomatic between Ukraine and Russia regarding the Mele), and Michael (Nancy) Dubriwny. missions have started registering and issu- stationing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in ing biometric passports to Ukrainian citi- Ukraine. A total of 152 lawmakers voted for Olga was born in Detroit, MI, and started playing the piano at the zens who permanently live or temporarily the law on June 19, with at least 226 votes age of 11. She graduated from Wayne State University and taught reside abroad, BBC Ukrainian reported on required to take a positive decision. Thus, music for 24 years in public schools. As a pianist, she accompanied June 8. “All passports of the new model will the law submitted by Batkivshchyna soloists and ensembles in the Ukrainian and American communities. soon be transferred to Ukraine’s diplomatic National Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky She also created and directed many memorable programs, and missions abroad for their issuance to was rejected. The opposition believes that most recently directed the Zoloti Dzvony (Golden Bells) Ensemble Ukrainian citizens. The new documents the deal that extends the presence of the will first be issued next week to Ukrainians Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea was and the Soloveyky Women’s Trio. Her greatest blessing was serving who submitted applications for passports signed and ratified contrary to Ukraine’s as a choir director and cantor in the Ukrainian Catholic Church at the Ukrainian Embassy in Moldova and national interests and therefore poses a for 42 years. Olga loved spreading the joy of Ukrainian music by the consulate in Balti,” reads the statement. threat to the country’s sovereignty and ter- playing dinner music and leading sing-alongs. She was active in Passports are registered and issued as part ritorial integrity. In April 2010, Russia and the UNWLA Br. 58, the Ukrainian Graduates, and the UMI, and also of the action plan on the liberalization by Ukraine signed several agreements in served on the Board of the Livonia Symphony. Her pride and joy the European Union of the visa regime for Kharkiv, one of which extends the basing of Ukraine and as part of the implementation the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine after were her children and grandchildren, and she delighted in hosting of the law of Ukraine on a unified state 2017 for 25 years with the possibility of family gatherings. demographic register and identity docu- extending the agreement for five-year peri- ments. Ninety diplomatic missions of ods by mutual consent. (Ukrinform) Funeral services were held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ukrainian Ukraine have currently been provided with Catholic Church in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. equipment to produce the new passports. Ukraine downgraded in trafficking report (Ukrinform) We wish to express our deepest thanks to our family and friends KYIV – The Ukrainian government did for their kindness and support during this time of loss! Over 3,000 millionaires registered not demonstrate in the past year an increased effort in the investigation of KYIV – Over 3,000 Ukrainian citizens human trafficking and protection of its vic- Eternal Memory! have declared incomes of more than 1 mil- tims. Therefore, Ukraine has been moved to 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25

George Weigel to speak at commencement of Ukrainian Catholic University D.C.-based... (Continued from page 1) CHICAGO – Noted columnist and papal nized by the formerly illegal and under- biographer George Weigel will be the com- ground Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church) Some specific examples of this evil in mencement speaker at the Ukrainian are flourishing because pastors are their countries were described at the cere- Catholic University in Lviv on July 6. preaching the Gospel without compro- mony by representatives of the govern- The university will host a symposium on mise, celebrating the sacramental myster- ments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. And July 5 titled “The Church in the 21st ies with dignity and grace, serving the the U.S. Congressional efforts against the Century: Serving People in the Globalized marginalized, and thereby ‘equipping the spread of communism and for the erection World,” which will include a presentation saints’ for mission.” of the memorial in Washington were dis- of Mr. Weigel’s new book, “Evangelical Earlier this year, the Ukrainian transla- cussed by U.S. Reps. Jim Bridenstine Catholicism.” Mr. Weigel mentions the uni- tion of Mr. Weigel’s “Witness to Hope: The (R-Okla.), Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and versity in the book, praising its “flourish- Biography of Pope John Paul II,” published Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.). ing” campus ministry. by the Ukrainian Catholic University Press, Rep. Ros-Lehtinen’s presentation had a The Ukrainian Catholic University is the was honored with the 14th All-Ukrainian very personal touch. She was born in Cuba, only Catholic university on the entire terri- Book of the Year Rating. The translation of emigrated to the United States, and now tory of the former Soviet Union. It has the book was part of the celebration in chairs the Middle East and North Africa undergraduate and graduate programs in 2011 of the 10th anniversary of the pope’s Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs theology, history and social pedagogy; its pastoral visit to Ukraine. Mr. Weigel wrote a Committee. business school has been featured in The special introduction for the Ukrainian edi- Rep. Rohrabacher has been in the fore- Financial Times and The Economist. tion of the book. front of the fight against communism for In “Evangelical Catholicism,” Mr. Weigel For further information, readers may many decades in Washington and he sin- writes: contact: Matthew Matuszak, Ukrainian gled out the role of Dr. Lev Dobriansky in “Catholic parishes in the unlikeliest Catholic Education Foundation, 2247 W. establishing the Victims of Communism places… and campus ministries around The cover of the Ukrainian-language version Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622; phone, Memorial Foundation and getting this the world (at Texas A&M, at Princeton of George Weigel’s book “Witness to Hope: 773-235-8462; fax, 773-235-8464; e-mail, memorial built. Dr. Dobriansky, a prominent and at a Catholic university in Lviv orga- The Biography of Pope John Paul II.” [email protected]. Ukrainian American activist and Georgetown University professor, wrote the Captive Nations Week Resolution, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959. He was also instrumental in getting the monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko erected in Washington in 1964. The highlight of the memorial ceremony was the presentation of the Truman- Reagan Medal of Freedom Award to Dr. Yang Jianli, a survivor of the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 and a former political prisoner in China who has been active in promoting the democratization of his country for more than two decades. Following Dr. Yang’s acceptance remarks, representatives of 18 foreign embassies, among them Ukraine, and a dozen citizens’ organizations laid wreaths at the memorial. The Russian and Belarusian Embassies were not among them. As the estimated 150 people attending slowly departed that sunny, hot and humid memorial site at close to noon, some walked one block down Massachusetts Avenue past what is planned to be the site of a future memorial to the millions of vic- tims of the notorious 1932-1933 man- made famine in Ukraine, known as the Holodomor. Once they arrived at the Heritage Foundation, there was a panel dis- cussion on the legacy of communism; Dr. Edwards moderated the discussion, and Dr. Yang was one of the four panelists. An unscheduled panel participant, Prof. Len Latkovski of Hood College, pointed out in his presentation that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the brutal and bloody suppression of the prison uprisings and hunger strikes in the Soviet Gulag camps in Norilsk and Vorkuta. And there, he noted, the majority of the prisoners in those infa- mous camps for men and women, as well as most of the protest leaders, were Ukrainian.

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Soccer he was walking away, someone kicked the with goals by Shevchenko (captain), Filipo barred from UEFA competitions for the next ball toward him and he instinctively deflect- Inzagi and Pietro Vierchowod. George three seasons. The Football Federation of Ukraine ed the ball, but it accidentally hit an unsus- Demetradze scored for the Kaladze team. (FFU) has added Hoverla Uzhhorod and pecting opponent in the face, right in front The Kaladze team included players from Oleksandr Yakovenko announced on Metalurh• Zaporizhia for the 2013-2014 sea- of the referee, who showed him another yel- Ukrainian clubs, including Serhiy Rebrov May 22 that he had signed a three-year con- son in the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL), low card. Austria won 1-0 with a goal by and Khakha Kaladze, who now serves as tract• with Italian club Fiorentina. Previously, FFU President Anatoliy Konkov announced Toni Vastic in the 79th minute. Georgia’s minister of energy and natural Yakovenko played with the Belgian club on June 18. Hoverla replaced Kryvbas Kryvy resources. Other big names included AC Anderlecht, which won the Belgian Pro Rih following the latter’s bankruptcy. Nadra Bank has announced its new Milan great Rui Costa, Sebastiano Rossi, League, having played 20 league games and Metalurh replaced Stal Alchevsk that sponsorship of Dynamo Kyiv, as the three- Serginho, Valerio Fiori, Paola Maldini, scored seven goals. Fiorentina finished this refused to play in the UPL. year• contract was signed on June 6 in the Franco Baresi, Mathieu Flamini and Dario season in fourth place. His father, Pavlo conference hall of Dynamo Stadium. Nadra Yakovenko, was head of Ukraine’s U-21 Ukrainian soccer club FC Kryvbas Simic. Kaladze has played for Dynamo Kyiv Bank replaces PrivatBank, which was the and the Italian clubs AC Milan and Genoa. team for four years and resigned due to dis- Kryvy Rih, via its website, announced on former sponsor of the club. agreements with the new leadership of the June• 12 its initiation of bankruptcy proceed- Hryhoriy Surkis was elected as UEFA Football Federation of Ukraine. ings. “Today it was announced at a general The world soccer governing body, FIFA, vice-president on May 24 during the UEFA meeting of employees of the Krybas football announced on June 6 that Ukraine was Yevhen Konoplyanka, who plays for FC Congress,• and called the move a sign of the club that due to the impossibility of further ranked• in 39th place among the soccer high level of respect of the European soccer Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, was named among funding, the club will launch bankruptcy teams of the world. The top 10 spots are community for Ukraine. This was the first the• eight most promising talents of the UEFA procedures,” read the statement. The held by Spain, Germany, Argentina, Croatia, time a Ukrainian was elected to the post. Mr. Europa League. “Blessed with leadership Football Federation of Ukraine’s certifica- the Netherlands, Portugal, Columbia, Italy, Surkis noted Ukraine’s success in hosting qualities, a rich array of skills and decent tion committee denied a new certificate for England and Ecuador. This does not take the Euro-2012. “Will we soon be able to bid pace, Dnipro and Ukraine’s rising star has a the 2013-2014 Ukrainian Premier League into consideration Ukraine’s 4-0 win against to host the finals of the Champions League big future ahead. Midfielder Konoplyanka season due to failure by the club to pay play- Montenegro on June 7. Then next ranking and Europa League?” asked Mr. Surkis. “We also has superb shooting ability from range, ers. Coach Oleh Taran resigned from his post will be announced on July 4. do not have preferences in this regard. But as evidenced by a fine Group F goal against after increasing uncertainty at the club. It is PSV Eindhoven,” read the report on uefa. The Football Federation of Ukraine Ukraine will be able at least to keep UEFA likely that Kryvbas will be replaced by com. Other players recognized by UEFA announced on June 5 the cities where inter- senior officials informed about the situation Hoverla Uzhhorod, but the incoming club included Raul Bobadilla, Aleksandar national matches are to be hosted in in our country. And it’s worth it!” would have to pay the backed pay of the • Dragovic, Victor Moses, Mohamed Salah, Ukraine. On August 14 Ukraine plays against players by June 14 to get a certificate. More than 40,000 attended the Eduardo Salvio, Salih Ucan and Jelle Vossen. Israel in a friendly match in Kyiv at Dynamo Ukrainian Cup final of the Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk manager Mircea Stadium or at the National Olympic Stadium. Premier• League that was held on May 22 in Ukrainian defender Taras Stepanenko Lucescu was named 16th among the 20 best For the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Kharkiv, where Shakhtar Donetsk defeated was suspended by the FIFA Disciplinary soccer coaches in the world by the Bleacher Ukraine plays San Marino on September 6 • Chornomorets Odesa 3-0. Scoring for Committee• for two qualifying matches of Report on June 17. Jupp Heynckes (German at Arena Lviv Stadium in Lviv; on September Shakhtar were Fernandinho (41st minute), the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Stepanenko national team and former Bayern Munich 10 Ukraine plays against England at the Teixeira (53rd minute) and Taison (73rd was red-carded on March 26 against coach) tops the list. Lucescu is credited with National Olympic Stadium in Kyiv; and on minute). This was Shakhtar’s third consecu- Moldova for a wild lunge at Vitalie Bordian, seven league titles for Shakhtar in nine October 11 Ukraine plays against Poland at tive win at the Ukrainian Cup, and the ninth which was deemed by the committee as a years, five Ukrainian Cups, four Ukrainian Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv. since the tournament was renamed from “serious act of rough play.” In addition to the Super Cups and a UEFA Cup. On June 3 Ukraine tied 0-0 against the Ukrainian SSR Cup in 1992. suspension, Stepanenko has to pay a fine of 5,000 Swiss francs, plus 1,000 Swiss francs On June 8 Kyiv city officials unveiled a Cameroon in an international friendly The soccer club FC Sevastopol won the sculpture on Trukhaniv Island on the Dnipro match at the Olympic National Sports in compensation expenses. Stepanenko • gold medal of the Ukrainian First League and missed the June 7 match against River• dedicated to the Swedish fans of the Complex in Kyiv. This was Ukraine’s 199th secured its place in the Ukrainian Premier UEFA Euro-2012 championship soccer tour- international match and the first one • Montenegro and will miss the September 6 League. In the 30th round of the First League match against San Marino. nament hosted by Ukraine and Poland. The between the two teams. championship, Sevastopol defeated FC sculpture is a figure with Viking horns and Poltava 3-0. Crimean club Oleksandriya lost Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, 34, announced Yuriy Diachuk-Stavytsky was appointed the number 12 painted in Sweden’s national against Titan. After the 2010-20122 season, on his personal website that he has signed as the new manager for Ukraine’s FC colors of blue and yellow. Swedish fans often Sevatopol was relegated to the First League for the next two years with Zenit St. Karpaty Lviv. The club’s previous coach, refer to themselves as the 12th player (soccer • after finishing in 15th place in the standings. • Petersburg. In 2009-2013, he played mid- Nikolay Kostov, resigned after Lviv lost to teams have 11 players on the field at a time). Other teams vying for spots in the Premier field for Bayern Munich in 28 matches, and Hoverla Uzhhorod 1-2 in the 27th round of The Swedes were the largest group of fans at League include Oleksandriya, Zirka the team won this year’s UEFA Champions the Ukrainian Premier League. the tournament and many of the nearly Kirovohrad and Stal Alchevsk. 25,000 camped on that island during the League. His contract with Bayern expired this year. Zenit confirmed the signing of the Romanian defender Razvan Rat, who Yuriy Mazur, 22, of Kerhonkson, N.Y., was tournament. Some Swedish fans said the named a winner of an open tryout for the number 12 is also reminiscent of the score of contract on June 2. Tymoshchuk played for has played for Shakhtar Donetsk for 10 New York Cosmos soccer club, hosted in the game that Sweden lost to Ukraine 1-2. Zenit previously, and won the Russian Super years, will continue his career at England’s • • Brooklyn. An open tryout was held in each of Olexander Popov, Kyiv city manager, said, Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup West Hampton. Rat signed a one-year con- the five New York City boroughs. Other win- “Every Swede who comes to Ukraine will with the club. Prior to Zenit, Tymoshchuk tract with the Hammers, bringing with him ners included Samuel Archer (Queens), want to look at this monument, because it is played for Shakhtar Donetsk; his transfer his experience from 88 international Angser Otto (Bronx), Sean Pauls (Staten a sign of friendship.” from Shakhtar to Zenit cost $20 million, and appearances. There is an option to extend was the most expensive in post-Soviet soc- the contract to two or three years. While Island) and Arturo Barajas (Manhattan). “I Olesander Noyok, captain of Ukraine’s cer history. with Shakhtar, Rat has appeared in 248 grew up playing soccer in Ukraine,” Mazur U-21 team, was booked twice in a matter of matches, including 57 Champions League told nycosmos.com. He’s played soccer most seconds• during a friendly match against Andriy Shevchenko participated in a matches, and has won seven Ukrainian of his life, since third grade, and is a student Austria on June 5. Noyok was initially farewell match for Kakha Kaladze that was Premier League titles, four Ukrainian Cups at SUNY Ulster Community College and plays booked for a very poor two-footed tackle held• on May 31 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The and the UEFA Cup in 2009. for FC United of the Cosmopolitan Soccer from behind on an Austrian player. Then as Friends 4 Kaladze team lost to AC Milan 1-3, League in Brooklyn. He grew up playing as The UEFA Club Financial Control center back, but also has experience with the Body’s adjudicatory chamber fined Arsenal fullback position. Mazur has a chance to join Kyiv 75,000 euros due to a significant debt the team’s roster as it attempts to return to starvation. The airlift also highlighted the • owed by the club, following its meeting in the North American Soccer League. The NY Turning... technological superiority of the United Nyon, France, in May. The due date for the Cosmos has its first match on August 3 States military. (Continued from page 6) payment has lapsed. Arsenal avoided the against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers at Days later, Mr. Smook presented his worse fate endured by Rapid Bucharesti, Hofstra University’s Shuart Stadium (www. report in Philadelphia at the meeting of the Coincidentally, just a few days later, the which was fined 100,000 euros and was nycosmos.com/tickets). UUARC’s board of directors. He urged that nearly yearlong Berlin Airlift began on June the UUARC accelerate aid for Ukrainian dis- 26, 1948, in response to Soviet blockades placed persons, and described the condi- of land routes into West Berlin. The tions he observed in the camps in the 200,000 planes, which were based in Boychuk 50th Anniversary American, British and French occupation England and landed in western Germany, zones of Germany and in Austria. Mr. Mary Ann & Yuriy Boychuk of Denton, Texas, celebrated their delivered food, water and medicine to the 2 Smook also presented an agreement signed 50th wedding anniversary on June 22, 2013. Their wedding took million residents of the besieged city. The with the International Refugee Soviet action was in response to the refusal place at St. Volodymyr the Great Ukrainian Catholic Church in Organization and American military Utica, New York. of American and British officials to allow authorities, which gave the UUARC legal Russia more influence in the economic standing in the relief work in Europe and Their children, Orest and Christina, future of Germany. enabled the UUARC to deliver a large cache The Soviet blockade was seen as a diplo- of food items to Ukrainian DPs. son-in-law Ihor and grandchildren, matic fiasco for Moscow, and the Soviets Matthew and Daniel wish them were portrayed as international bullies, Source: “Ukrainians give grand concert in holding men, women and children hostage American zone,” The Ukrainian Weekly, July in West Berlin and threatening them with 12, 1948. Happy Anniversary! 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 No. 25

June 30-July 6 International Ukrainian Soccer Tournament (IUFT), July 27 Genealogy workshop with Mike Buryk, “Uncover Your Kingston and Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, Ellenville, NY Roots in the Lemko Region of Southeast Poland,” Ellenville, NY www.iuft.net Ukrainian American Youth Association camp, [email protected] July 4-6 “Nadiya Ye!” festival, Ukrainian American Youth Ellenville, NY Association camp, www.cym.org/us-ellenville July 27-28 Lemko Vatra, Organization for the Defense of Lemko Western Ellenville, NY Ukraine, Ukrainian American Youth Association camp, July 5-August 25 Exhibit, “Conflict Zones: Three Generations,” Ukrainian cym.org/us-ellenville Chicago National Museum, 312-421-8020 July 28-August 3 21st annual Wings Soccer Camp, Ukrainian American July 6 Golf tournament, Ukrainian Golf Association of Canada, Baraboo, WI Youth Association – Chicago Branch, Oselia Beskyd, Caledon, ON Osprey Valley Resorts Golf Club, 519-927-9034 or [email protected] www.ospreyvalley.com August 1-2 Ukrainian Youth Games, Ukrainian American Sports July 12 Pub night, Club Dibrova, Ukrainian American Youth Kerhonkson/ Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, hosted by Soyuzivka Ellenville, NY Association camp, 845-647-7230 Ellenville, NY and the Ukrainian American Youth Association camp, 845-626-5641 or 845-647-7230 July 13 Golf tournament, Blackledge Golf Course, Hebron, CT Ukrainian National Home of Hartford, 860-228-0250 or August 3 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Association [email protected] Accord, NY camp in Ellenville, Rondout Golf Club, 860-729-5181 or July 14-21 Ukrainian Heritage Camp, Organization for the Rebirth of 845-647-7230 Lehighton, PA Ukraine, 570-708-1992 or [email protected] August 3 Simcoe Ukrainian Churches Golf Tournament, Ss. July 16 Golf tournament, St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church, Barrie, ON Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, Oakville, ON Piper’s Heath Golf Club, www.golftserkva.ca or Horseshoe Resort Highland Course, [email protected] www.ukrainiangolfacrosscanada.ca

July 19-21 Seafood Night Friday, dance on Saturday, Ukrainian August 3-17 Kobzarska Sich bandura and choral camp, All Saints Camp, Ellenville, NY American Youth Association camp, 845-647-7230 Emlenton, PA www.bandura.org or 734-658-6452

July 24-28 Convention, Ukrainian Orthodox League, St. Vladimir August 9-11 Kozak tournament and Midnight Bigus reunion, Ukrainian Parma, OH Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Embassy Suites Hotel, Ellenville, NY American Youth Association camp, 845-647-7230 www.stvladimirs.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events July 26 10th anniversary parish dance and silent auction, featuring advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Ottawa music by Zirka, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

The Ukrainian Weekly announces a special section Congratulations, Graduates! Every year tens of thousands of students throughout North America receive undergraduate and graduate degrees at colleges and univer- sities, cresting a pinnacle of personal achievement.

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Sunday, June 30-Saturday, July 6 Friday, July 12-Sunday, July 14 KINGSTON, ELLENVILLE, KERHONKSON, KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The seventh annual N.Y.: The fifth International Ukrainian Ukrainian Cultural Festival at the Football Tournament (IUFT) will be a Soyuzivka Heritage Center promises guests more than five concerts over three weeklong event hosted by the Ukrainian days, featuring headliner Vika Vasilevych, Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada a singer/songwriter from Ukraine; violin (USCAK). Tournament teams include virtuoso Vasyl Popadiuk and his Papa Australia, Great Britain, Canada and the Duke Band; the Dunai dancers from United States, and matches will be played Canada; and the Roma Pryma at Robert Dietz Memorial Stadium in Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop. Kingston, N.Y., and the sports field at the Two well-known choirs will perform in Ukrainian American Youth Association concert: the Dumka Chorus of New York camp in Ellenville, N.Y. A schedule of and the male chorus Dzvin of Philadelphia. events – including the opening ceremonies Others who will grace the Soyuzivka stage are bandurist Alla Kutsevych and singer on Sunday, June 30, and social events, Ludmyla Hrabovska, appearing as a duo; which will be held at the nearby Soyuzivka among the young performers appearing Heritage Center – is posted on the tourna- will be singer Xenia Kaczurak. In the eve- ment’s website, www.iuft.net, where read- nings, there will be dances to the music of ers can find more information, tourna- the popular Hrim band. For information ment updates and a match schedule. log on to www.soyuzivka.com.

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Tennis Camp Tabir Ptashat June 23-July 4 Session 1: June 23-29 2013 Summer Camp Kicks off the summer with 12 Session 2: June 30-July 6 days of intensive tennis instruction and competitive play, for boys and Ukrainian Plast tabir (camp) for children Information girls age 10-18. Attendance will be age 4-6 accompanied by their parents. Registration forms will also be appearing limited to 45 students. Room, board, in the Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly 24-hour supervision, expert lessons in March and April. For further information, and loads of fun are included. Camp please contact Neonila Sochan is under the direction of George at 973-984-7456. Sawchak.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Heritage Ukrainian Dance Academy Day Camp Workshop Session 1: July 14-19 June 30- July 13 Session 2: July 21-26 Vigorous 2-week dance training A returning favorite, in the form of a day for more intermediate and advanced camp. Children age 4-7 will be exposed to dancers age 16 and up under the Ukrainian heritage through daily activities direction of the Roma Pryma Boha- such as dance, song, crafts and games. chev sky Ukrainian Dance Children will walk away with an expanded Foundation, culminating with perfor- knowledge of Ukrainian folk culture and mances on stage during the language, as well as new and lasting Ukrainian Cultural Festival weekend. friendships with other children of Ukrainian Additional information http://www. heritage. Price includes kid’s lunch and syzokryli.com/ T-shirt and, unless noted, is based on in- house occupancy of parent/guardian. Discovery Camp July 14-20 Chornomorska Sitch Sports School Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Calling all nature lovers age 8-15 Session 1: July 21-27 • Session 2: July 28-August 3 Ukrainian Dance Camp for this sleep-over program filled with 44th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational Association Session 1: July 21-August 3 outdoor crafts, hiking, swimming, Chornomorska Sitch for children ages 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball organized sports and games, bon- and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. Registration can be completed on- Session 2: August 4-August 17 fires, songs and much more. Room, line by clicking on the link found at Soyuzivka’s camp website - http://soyuzivka.com/Camps. Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych board, 24-hour supervision and a Requests for additional information and your questions or concerns should be emailed to (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this lifetime of memories are included. [email protected], or contact Roman Hirniak at (908) 625-3714. camp is for aspiring dancers age 8 -16, offering expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour For applications or more info please call Soyuzivka, 845-626-5641, supervision, expert lessons and plenty of fun are included. Each camp ends with a grand recital. or check our website at www.soyuzivka.com Attendance will be limited to 60 students.